Acute Effects of Triathlon Race on Oxidative Stress Biomarkers

Table 2

White blood cell (WBC) count (10³/μL) and inflammatory markers: IL-1β, IL-6, IL-10, TNF-α, and MCP-1 (pg/mL), determined at PRE and POST sessions from HIR and IR athletes. Data are reported as the . The types of leukocytes, classified in the standard ways, are reported as a percentage (%) of the total WBC together with the significance levels (POST vs. PRE).

	HIR			IR
	PRE	POST	value	PRE	POST	value
WBC (10^3/μL)						<0.05
Leukocytes (%)
Neutrophils	60	77	<0.0001	58	78	<0.0001
Eosinophils	2.3	3	ns	2.2	2.7	ns
Basophiles	0.4	0.5	ns	0.4	0.5	ns
Lymphocytes	31	11	<0.05	33.5	11.4	<0.05
Monocytes	6.6	8.5	0.0013	5.8	7	<0.0001
Inflammatory markers (pg/mL)
IL-1β			<0.05			ns
IL-6			<0.05			<0.05
IL-10			<0.05			<0.05
TNF-α			ns			ns
MCP-1			<0.05			<0.05

Inflammatory marker data were previously reported by some of us [34].