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Table 3 Serum concentrations of B, Li, Rb, Sb, Sn, Sr and V of the control group and athletes from different modalities

From: Serum concentration of several trace metals and physical training

 

Control

(n = 31)

Sportsm

(n = 80)

Aerobic

(n = 28)

Anaerobic

(n = 24)

Aerobic-anaerobic

(n = 28)

B (μg/L)

5,002 ± 2,116

5,731 ± 4,117

6036 ± 4541

5,267 ± 2,655

5,106 ± 4,234

Li (μg/L)

1,466 ± 1,681

1,448 ± 0,634

1343 ± 0,854

1,365 ± 0,465

1,619 ± 0,535

Rb (μg/L)

147,01 ± 24,99

211,87 ± 53,59**

163,90 ± 55,22

254,42 ± 30,48**†††

219,38 ± 20,03**†††■■

Sb (μg/L)

0,999 ± 0,235

3,440 ± 2,148**

1,487 ± 1,982

4,945 ± 0,876**†††

4,143 ± 1,229**†††■

Sn (μg/L)

0,214 ± 0,426

0,833 ± 1,410*

1,431 ± 1,465**

0,128 ± 0,114†††

0,457 ± 1,443††

Sr (μg/L)

30,67 ± 7,483

32,17 ± 9,935

29,65 ± 10,19

34,86 ± 10,03†

32,13 ± 8,546

  1. Anova and post oc Bonferoni test. (*p < 0.01; **p < 0.001) differences between control group vs athletes, aerobic, anaerobic and aerobic-anaerobic groups; († p < 0.05; †† p < 0.05; ††† p < 0.001) differences between aerobic vs anaerobic group and aerobic-anaerobic group; (■ p < 0.01; ■■ p < 0.001) differences between anaerobic vs aerobic-anaerobic group