Table 5. Plasma cytokine profile investigated in both preparatory phases.
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Beginning of preparatory phase (autumn competition round) (N = 14) |
Beginning of preparatory phase (spring competition round) (N = 14) |
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pre- -exercise (1) |
post- -exercise (2) |
recovery (3) |
P | Post-hoc P |
pre- -exercise (1) |
post- -exercise (2) |
recovery (3) |
P | Post-hoc P | |
| IL-12p70 (pg/mL) |
1.23 (1.02 - 1.77) |
1.23 (1.06 - 1.46) |
4.61 (3.21 - 5.21) |
< 0.001 | (3)/(1)(2) | 2.23 (1.78 - 2.55) |
1.47 (1.11 - 2.44) |
2.53 (2.22 - 3.87) |
0.002 | (2)/(3) |
| TNF-α (pg/mL) |
1.24 (0.90 - 1.65) |
1.22 (0.99 - 1.46) |
3.92 (2.99 - 4.58) |
< 0.001 | (3)/(1)(2) | 0.92 (0.78 - 1.06) |
1.73 (1.62 - 1.87) |
1.57 (0.47 - 1.94) |
0.017 | (1)/(2) |
| IL-10 (pg/mL) |
1.61 (1.51 - 1.98) |
1.83 (1.41 - 2.13) |
5.54 (4.99 - 6.22) |
< 0.001 | (3)/(1)(2) | 0.97 (0.73 - 1.35) |
1.23 (0.79 - 1.25) |
1.24 (0.97 - 1.59) |
0.135 | - |
| IL-6 (pg/mL) |
1.68 (1.30 - 1.79) |
1.37 (1.03 - 1.76) |
3.01 (2.47 - 4.55) |
< 0.001 | (3)/(1)(2) | 2.01 (1.57 - 2.36) |
6.80 (6.45 - 7.49) |
12.69 (11.92 - 13.67) |
< 0.001 | (2)/(1)(3) |
| IL-8 (pg/mL) |
3.62 (3.00 - 4.60) |
5.28 (3.76 - 6.38) |
3.46 (2.63 - 4.75) |
0.001 | (2)/(1)(3) | 3.85 (2.55 - 5.32) |
12.18 (10.66 - 13.16) |
13.65 (13.21 - 14.21) |
< 0.001 | (1)/(2)/(3) |
| IL-12p70 - Interleukin-12p70. TNF-α - Tumour necrosis factor alpha. IL-10 - Interleukin -10. IL-6 - Interleukin-6. IL-8 - interleukin-8. The table presents median (interquartile range) values. The analyses were performed before (pre-exercise) and after the progressive test on mechanical treadmill until exhaustion (5 minutes post-exercise and during recovery time, cca. 17 hours after the test). The differences observed between analysed time points (pre-exercise vs. post-exercise vs. recovery) were assessed using Friedman’s analysis of variance for repeated measures followed by post-hoc Dunn’s test with Bonferroni correction. P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. (3)/(1)(2) - Respective values obtained in recovery are statistically different compared to pre- and post-exercise. (2)/(1)(3) - Respective values obtained post-exercise are statistically different compared to pre-exercise and in recovery. (1)/(2)/(3) - Respective values obtained pre-, post-exercise and in recovery are statistically different. (1)/(2)/(3) - Respective values obtained pre-, post-exercise and in recovery are statistically different. (1)/(2) - Respective values obtained pre-exercise are statistically different compared to post-exercise. (2)/(3) - Respective values obtained post-exercise are statistically different compared to recovery. | ||||||||||