Table 5. Serum hormone and SHBG concentrations in the ECC and CON groups of women participants at Control, Pre-, Mid-, Post- Strength Training and After Detraining. Data are Means ± SD.

		Control (-1 wk)	Pre (0 wk)	Mid (5 wk)	Post (10 wk)	After Detraining (+5 wk)
Free testosterone (pmol/l)	ECC (n=11)	9.64 ± 8.87	9.53 ± 6.24	11.09 ± 5.93	9.61 ± 3.70	12.57 ± 6.58
	CON (n=10)	12.67 ± 8.65	11.33 ± 10.36	12.70 ± 9.69	12.44 ± 8.71	13.69 ± 11.64
Cortisol (nmol/l)	ECC (n=11)	546.2 ± 165.4	486.0 ± 177.9	491.7 ± 121.2	459.8 ± 142.6	427.5 ± 144.7
	CON (n=11)	434.3 ± 129.0	388.7 ± 119.3	404.1 ± 125.0	393.0 ± 99.0	422.5 ± 81.8
SHBG (nmol/l)	ECC (n=9)	110.5 ± 102.7	111.2 ± 99.1	110.2 ± 91.3	107.9 ± 94.7	92.2 ± 97.0
	CON (n=11)	60.1 ± 27.0	57.1 ± 29.2	62.0 ± 26.2	66.5 ± 23.7	60.8 ± 28.4
Estradiol (pmol/l)	ECC (n=11)	361.7 ± 368.9	398.4 ± 395.7	474.2 ± 535.9	475.4 ± 825.6	399.4 ± 473.6
	CON (n=11)	501.7 ± 391.1	404.2 ± 245.5	284.8 ± 160.4	521.8 ± 524.1	418.6 ± 506.8
FSH (U/l)	ECC (n=10)	4.87 ± 2.94	3.62 ± 2.01	5.04 ± 3.07	6.40 ± 3.18	6.32 ± 2.78
	CON (n=11)	6.25 ± 2.67	5.12 ± 2.33	6.97 ± 2.46	6.44 ± 2.59	7.17 ± 2.62

ECC = eccentric training group, CON = concentric training group