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. 2018 Mar 23;9:120. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2018.00120

Table 2.

Clinical and immune parameters dependent on training load (training hours per week).

Training load (Th/w) Stress level (%) Recurrent infections (%) WTS URTI (%) EBV-specific IgG (U/ml)
<5 42.2 ± 26.1 20 8.74 ± 13.42 30.8 111 ± 75
5 –≤9.9 41.8 ± 25.7 11.4 6.60 ± 9.16 29.9 138 ± 99
10 –≤14.9 47.2 ± 24.3 11.1 7.36 ± 11.52 30.8 146 ± 110
15 –≤19.9 52.9 ± 21.9 13.4 4.92 ± 7.21 22.4 149 ± 113
20 –≤24.9 54.4 ± 23.6 12.8 6.21 ± 9.33 31.3 148 ± 113
≥25.0 61.4 ± 17.9 11.5 13.74 ± 16.81 46.7 127 ± 45
<0.001** =0.436 =0.016# =0.323 =0.364

WTS, WURSS-21 total score; URTI, Upper respiratory tract infection. Data are shown as mean ± SD and percentage values.

#

p < 0.05,

**

p < 0.001.