Table 3.

Serum concentrations of B, Li, Rb, Sb, Sn, Sr and V of the control group and athletes from different modalities

	Control (n = 31)	Sportsm (n = 80)	Aerobic (n = 28)	Anaerobic (n = 24)	Aerobic-anaerobic (n = 28)
B (μg/L)	5,002 ± 2,116	5,731 ± 4,117	6036 ± 4541	5,267 ± 2,655	5,106 ± 4,234
Li (μg/L)	1,466 ± 1,681	1,448 ± 0,634	1343 ± 0,854	1,365 ± 0,465	1,619 ± 0,535
Rb (μg/L)	147,01 ± 24,99	211,87 ± 53,59**	163,90 ± 55,22	254,42 ± 30,48**†††	219,38 ± 20,03**†††■■
Sb (μg/L)	0,999 ± 0,235	3,440 ± 2,148**	1,487 ± 1,982	4,945 ± 0,876**†††	4,143 ± 1,229**†††■
Sn (μg/L)	0,214 ± 0,426	0,833 ± 1,410*	1,431 ± 1,465**	0,128 ± 0,114†††	0,457 ± 1,443††
Sr (μg/L)	30,67 ± 7,483	32,17 ± 9,935	29,65 ± 10,19	34,86 ± 10,03†	32,13 ± 8,546

Anova and post oc Bonferoni test. (*p < 0.01; **p < 0.001) differences between control group vs athletes, aerobic, anaerobic and aerobic-anaerobic groups; († p < 0.05; †† p < 0.05; ††† p < 0.001) differences between aerobic vs anaerobic group and aerobic-anaerobic group; (■ p < 0.01; ■■ p < 0.001) differences between anaerobic vs aerobic-anaerobic group