Table 1.
Plasma cortisol and plasma Gastrin levels of the pilot study.
| Parameter |
All dogs (n = 17) |
P -value# |
Male (n = 10) |
Female (n = 7) |
P -value## |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plasma cortisol (ng/ml, mean ± SD) | |||||
| Before exercise | 19.7 ± 14.0 | – | 18.0 ± 4.5 | 22.16 ± 5.4 | 0.5 |
| After exercise | 73.9 ± 30.2 | 0.001 | 69.4 ± 9.7 | 80.3 ± 11.6 | 0.5 |
| 30 min after | 55.4 ± 24.2 | 0.001 | 53.8 ± 7.9 | 57.8 ± 9.4 | 0.8 |
| 120 min after | 33.7 ± 16.0 | 0.007 | 36.5 ± 5.1 | 29.8 ± 6.1 | 0.4 |
| Plasma Gastrin (pg/ml, mean ± SD) | |||||
| Before exercise | 8.0 ± 2.4 | – | 7.8 ± 0.8 | 8.3 ± 1.0 | 0.7 |
| After exercise | 9.4 ± 3.9 | 0.14 | 9.4 ± 1.3 | 9.5 ± 1.5 | 0.9 |
| 30 min after | 8.6 ± 3.4 | 0.44 | 9.4 ± 1.1 | 7.6 ± 1.3 | 0.3 |
| 120 min after | 9.0 ± 3.5 | 0.33 | 9.0 ± 1.2 | 9.0 ± 1.4 | 0.9 |
SD, standard deviation.
#
comparing plasma Cortisol at each time point to before exercise values.
##
comparing male vs. female.