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Table 2 Blood insulin and cortisol levels before, immediately after, 30 and 60 min after the termination of intermittent cycling during the E and EA sessions

From: Branched-chain amino acids administration suppresses endurance exercise-related activation of ubiquitin proteasome signaling in trained human skeletal muscle

 

Session

Before

After

30 min

60 min

Insulin, mU/l

E

26.7 (17.3–32.4)

3.6* (2.0–6.5)

5.2* (2.6–7.1)

3.8* (2.8–6.7)

EA

26.8 (15.9–43.6)

3.80* (1.9–5.6)

5.7 (3.9–17.8)

5.1* (3.7–8.1)

Cortisol, ng/ml

E

155 (122–268)

255 (201–351)

229 (155–287)

155 (118–245)

EA

127 (97–217)

312 (206–350)

213 (125–240)

134 (97–198)

  1. Each value represents the median and interquartile range
  2. * Difference from the initial level (P < 0.05)