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