Table 2.

evaluation of pre-exercise IMA, BNP and Copeptin levels in 20 healthy professional boxers, 23 healthy professional kick-boxers and 23 healthy controls included in the study

Analytes	Boxers (n=23)	Kick-boxers (n=23)	Controls (n=23)
IMA (pg/ml)	13,95 ± 10,06 a*	12,00 ± 6,47b*	11,87 ± 8,33
BNP (pg/ml)	4,93 ± 2,33a*	6,52 ± 1,63b*	4,84 ± 0,72
Copeptin (pg/ml)	4.38 ± 1.04a*	3,81 ± 1,27b*	3,54 ± 0,71

(IMA: ischemia-modified albumin, BNP: brain-type natriuretic peptide, Comparisons. ^aboxers vs healthy controls; ^bkick-boxers vs healthy controls; ^*p>0.05, Student's t test)