Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition

Table 4 Urinary concentrations of elements in controls and athletes at baseline and after the training program

From: Influence of a 6-month physical training program on serum and urinary concentrations of trace metals in middle distance elite runners

		Time		ANOVA (p)
Minerals		Baseline	6 months	Group effect	Time effect	Group x Time interaction
Co (μg/g)	CG (n = 26)	0.43 ± 0.66	0.44 ± 0.70	0.001	0.07	0.09
Co (μg/g)	AG (n = 24)	0.09 ± 0.08	0.33 ± 0.30	0.001	0.07	0.09
Cu (μg/g)	CG (n = 26)	19.66 ± 16.8	20.5 ± 14.5	0.001	0.001	0.001
Cu (μg/g)	AG (n = 24)	82.3 ± 47.2	38.19 ± 16.12	0.001	0.001	0.001
Mn (μg/g)	CG (n = 26)	5.48 ± 3.59	4.99 ± 3.91	0.002	0.01	0.01
Mn (μg/g)	AG (n = 24)	1.33 ± 3.20	12.44 ± 16.98	0.002	0.01	0.01
Mo (μg/g)	CG (n = 26)	34.42 ± 29.71	34.66 ± 30.72	0.51	0.12	0.13
Mo (μg/g)	AG (n = 24)	41.82 ± 16.64	38.07 ± 25.51	0.51	0.12	0.13
Se (μg/g)	CG (n = 26)	23.49 ± 13.54	22.98 ± 13.37	0.001	0.001	0.001
Se (μg/g)	AG (n = 24)	22.13 ± 6.09	18.99 ± 7.200	0.001	0.001	0.001
V (μg/g)	CG (n = 26)	1.06 ± 0.78	0.96 ± 0.68	0.001	0.6	0.33
V (μg/g)	AG (n = 24)	0.93 ± 0.30	1.08 ± 1.47	0.001	0.6	0.33
Zn (μg/g)	CG (n = 26)	261.4 ± 214.61	258.2 ± 207.74	0.28	0.07	0.08
Zn (μg/g)	AG (n = 24)	134.4 ± 110.1	264.75 ± 200.85	0.28	0.07	0.08

CG Control group, AG Athletes group. Values are presented as mean ± standard deviation

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