Table 2.

Haematology before and after the marathon

Biomarker	PRE	POST-1h	POST-1d
Lymphocytes (109 cells/l)	1.99 ± 0.54	1.61 ± 0.50*	2.26 ± 0.61
Leukocytes (109 cells/l)	5.5 ± 1.1	14.3 ± 2.8*	6.6 ± 1.0*
Neutrophils (109 cells/l)	2.8 ± 0.8	11.5 ± 2.6*	3.6 ± 1.2*
Monocytes (109 cells/l)	0.5 ± 0.1	1.0 ± 0.4*	0.6 ± 0.2*
Eosinophils (109 cells/l)	0.19 ± 0.13	0.06 ± 0.07*	0.16 ± 0.11
Basophils (109 cells/l)	0.03 ± 0.01	0.04 ± 0.02*	0.04 ± 0.01

One-way ANOVA was used to test for time differences

PRE before the marathon, POST-1h 1 h after the marathon, POST-1d 1 day after the marathon

* Different from pre-race (P < 0.05)