Table 3 Blood lactate, FENO, and salivary biomarker results before and after the 30-minute time trial
Variable | PLA | BLU |
|---|---|---|
Exhaled Nitric Oxide (ppb) | ||
Pre-exercise | 18.5 ± 8.2 | 18.7 ± 6.1 |
Post-exercise | 17.2 ± 6.4 | 17.2 ± 4.2 |
Blood Lactate (mmol⋅l− 1) | ||
Pre-TT | 1.5 ± 0.4 | 1.5 ± 0.4 |
5-minute post-TT | 8.9 ± 2.7 | 7.2 ± 1.9* |
Blood Lactate Recovery (% of 5-min post-TT) | ||
Recovery at 15 min post-TT | 57.5 ± 16.7 | 56.7 ± 9.8 |
Recovery at 30 min post-TT | 37.2 ± 12.1 | 32.5 ± 5.1 |
Salivary Cortisol (µg/dL) | ||
Pre-TT | 0.23 ± 0.11 | 0.16 ± 0.06 |
Post-TT | 0.53 ± 0.34 | 0.52 ± 0.27 |
Salivary Uric Acid (mg/dL) | ||
Pre-TT | 3.11 ± 0.81 | 2.72 ± 0.89 |
Post-TT | 3.04 ± 1.26 | 2.83 ± 0.93 |
Salivary IL-6 (pg/mL) | ||
Pre-TT | 8.9 ± 6.4 | 7.4 ± 4.2 |
Post-TT | 23.2 ± 9.2 | 24.3 ± 19.8 |
Salivary CRP (pg/dL) | ||
Pre-TT | 6162 ± 5547 | 6504 ± 8389 |
Post-TT | 14,796 ± 20,641 | 10,771 ± 13,987 |