Table 3.
Exercise-induced hormonal response. Descriptive data by group and sex.
| Group | Time | Testosterone (nmol/L) | T/SHBG (ratio) | GH (ug/L) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||
| Heavy | Pre | 9.08 | 10.22 | 0.19 | 0.22 | 0.61 | 0.92 |
| Heavy | Mid | 11.91 | 13.02 | 0.24 | 0.27 | 5.76 | 7.23 |
| Heavy | Post | 11.79 | 13.28 | 0.23 | 0.26 | 4.97 | 6.65 |
| Heavy | Post-15 | 11.34 | 12.77 | 0.24 | 0.27 | 3.41 | 4.57 |
| Heavy | Post-30 | 11.48 | 12.64 | 0.24 | 0.26 | 1.97 | 2.47 |
| Mixed | Pre | 12.84 | 10.92 | 0.19 | 0.16 | 0.46 | 0.53 |
| Mixed | Mid | 12.98 | 12.33 | 0.21 | 0.17 | 8.00† | 7.22 |
| Mixed | Post | 12.67 | 11.8 | 0.21 | 0.18 | 4.10 | 4.42 |
| Mixed | Post-15 | 12.22 | 11.57 | 0.22 | 0.18 | 2.06 | 2.25 |
| Mixed | Post-30 | 11.53 | 10.90 | 0.21 | 0.17 | 1.08 | 1.19 |
| Female | Pre | 0.96* | 0.29 | 0.02* | 0.01 | 0.70 | 0.76 |
| Female | Mid | 1.00* | 0.44 | 0.02* | 0.02 | 10.34* | 7.17 |
| Female | Post | 1.01* | 0.41 | 0.02* | 0.02 | 6.74 | 6.32 |
| Female | Post-15 | 1.01* | 0.42 | 0.02* | 0.02 | 4.26 | 4.25 |
| Female | Post-30 | 1.01* | 0.44 | 0.02* | 0.02 | 2.30 | 2.36 |
| Male | Pre | 19.63 | 5.64 | 0.38 | 0.11 | 0.07 | 0.01 |
| Male | Mid | 23.89 | 5.21 | 0.43 | 0.11 | 3.41 | 5.37 |
| Male | Post | 23.44 | 5.73 | 0.43 | 0.09 | 2.33 | 3.64 |
| Male | Post-15 | 22.56 | 6.00 | 0.44 | 0.11 | 1.21 | 1.91 |
| Male | Post-30 | 22.00 | 5.55 | 0.43 | 0.10 | 0.76 | 1.03 |
Descriptive statistics of hormones measured before, during and after a standardized exercise session.
*
Significant different between sexes, p ≤ 0.05.
†
Significant difference from ”Pre”, p ≤ 0.05.