Table 2. 5 min pre- and 20 min post- exercise salivary cortisol, testosterone levels and T/C ratio in males and females combined (all participants), and males and females individually. Data are means ± SD.
|
All participants |
Males |
Females |
| Cortisol (nmol/L) |
PRE |
9.7 ± 1.9 |
10.3 ± 1.7 |
9.0 ± 1.9 |
| POST |
18.6 ± 7.4 |
17.3 ± 6.9 |
19.9 ± 8.1 |
| p-value |
<0.001 |
0.002 |
0.005 |
| Testosterone (nmol/L) |
PRE |
3.2 ± 2.6 |
4.8 ± 2.6 |
1.6 ± 1.5 |
| POST |
3.4 ± 2.5 |
5.1 ± 2.3 |
1.6 ± 1.0 |
| p-value |
0.60 |
0.14 |
0.52 |
| T/C ratio |
PRE |
0.31 ± 0.24 |
0.45 ± 0.23 |
0.17 ± 0.15 |
| POST |
0.23 ± 0.21 |
0.35 ± 0.23 |
0.11 ± 0.15 |
| p-value |
0.25 |
0.09 |
0.22 |
