Table 4.

Biomarkers and performance/body composition correlations.

		FFM	%BF	BW	SQ	BP	DL	VO2max	VJ	VJHOH
TCORT	r	−0.477*	0.390#	0.089	−0.4	0.004	0.245	0.467*	0.26	0.032
FCORT	r	−0.2	0.40#	0.29	0.183	0.036	0.06	0.39#	0.059	0.023
CK	r	0.021	−0.187	−0.198	−0.013	−0.391	0.491#	0.011	0.025	0.19
E2	r	0.198	−0.276	−0.205	0.181	−0.128	0.421	−0.165	−0.304	−0.277
GH	r	−0.002	−0.085	−0.092	0.195	0.333	0.593*	0.211	−0.131	−0.256
CRP	r	0.135	−0.076	0.027	0.364	−0.33	−0.281	0.148	0.287	0.347
IGF-1	r	−0.027	−0.05	−0.114	0.338	−0.028	0.567*	0.119	−0.182	−0.278
IL-6	r	0.112	−0.088	−0.014	0.298	−0.534*	−0.18	0.043	0.077	0.303
FTEST	r	0.309	0.014	0.251	0.242	0.124	0.318	−0.086	−0.179	−0.291
TTEST	r	−0.005	0.088	0.068	0.091	−0.064	0.497#	0.272	−0.078	−0.23

^*significant correlation between biomarkers and performance.

^#trend toward significant correlation between biomarkers and performance.