Table 1. Markers of muscle damage and inflammation before and after acute exercise during the study period. Values are shown as means (± SD).
Genotype CC Genotype CG Genotype CG
Week 1 Week 7 Week 1 Week 7 Week 1 Week 7
Pre-ex Post-ex Pre-ex Post-ex Pre-ex Post-ex Pre-ex Post-ex Pre-ex Post-ex Pre-ex Post-ex
CK
(U/l)		 470
(228)		 536***
(255)		 441
(260)		 460*
(255)		 815
(954)		 880***
(970)		 416 † † 
(227) 		445***
(242)		 698
(373)		 973***
(866)		 335 † † 
(89)		 359**
(98)
TNF-α
(pg/ml)		 600
(616)		 600
(596)		 603
(640)		 585
(617)		 648
(555)		 611**
(523)		 641
(539)		 598**
(495)		 675
(584)		 649
(559)		 655
(576)		 612
(528)
IL-1β
(pg/ml)		 58
(61)		 57
(58)		 59
(60)		 59
(61)		 52
(54)		 52
(54)		 51
(52)		 52
(53)		 53
(39)		 54
(40)		 55
(42)		 54
(41)
Repeated measures ANOVA: * p <0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001 between pre -and post-exercise values. †  p < 0.05; † †  p < 0.01; † † †  p < 0.001 between pre-exercise values at week 1 and week 7. No significant differences were observed between the genotypes at any data points.