Table 6.
The correlation between hormones, inflammatory variables, and menstrual distress with sprint-exercise intervention.
| MDQ | SF-MPQ | PGE2 | PGF2α | Cortisol | Progesterone | estradiol | HsCRP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MDQ | 1 | 0.788 ** | 0.515 ** | 0.576 ** | -0.284 | -0.377 * | 0.409 ** | 0.312 * |
| SF-MPQ | 0.788 ** | 1 | 0.367 * | 0.493 ** | -0.295 * | -0.394 ** | 0.427 ** | 0.361 * |
| PGE2 | 0.515 ** | 0.367 * | 1 | 0.690 ** | -0.155 | -0.202 | 0.107 | 0.408 ** |
| PGF2α | 0.576 ** | 0.493 ** | 0.690 ** | 1 | -0.164 | -0.312 * | 0.166 | 0.297 * |
| Cortisol | -0.284 | -0.295 * | -0.155 | -0.164 | 1 | 0.326 * | -0.261 | -0.215 |
| Progesterone | -0.377 * | -0.394 ** | -0.202 | -0.312 * | 0.326 * | 1 | -0.129 | -0.395 ** |
| estradiol | 0.409 ** | 0.427 ** | 0.107 | 0.166 | -0.261 | -0.129 | 1 | 0.121 |
| HsCRP | 0.312 * | 0.361 * | 0.408 ** | 0.297 * | -0.215 | -0.395 ** | 0.121 | 1 |
The MDQ and SF-MPQ represent the menstrual distress and the short form McGill pain questionnaires, respectively.
‘*’ and
‘**’ indicates significant correlations between the variables (P < 0.05 and P < 0.01, respectively).