Response of circulating fatty acid binding protein 4 concentration to low-intensity acute aerobic exercise is amplified in an exercise duration-dependent manner in healthy men

Table 3 The response of hormones to the SE and LE trials

	Baseline	Immediately after Ex	Post-Ex 30 min	Post-Ex 60 min	p value
	Baseline	Immediately after Ex	Post-Ex 30 min	Post-Ex 60 min	Interaction	Trial	Time
Adrenaline (pg/ml)
SE trial	23.3 ± 9.8	37.8 ± 15.3^b	22.2 ± 9.5	19.6 ± 9.3	0.075	0.109	< 0.001
LE trial	25.8 ± 10.8	50.7 ± 17.9^b	23.6 ± 8.3	21.9 ± 6.3	0.075	0.109	< 0.001
Noradrenaline (pg/ml)
SE trial	243.3 ± 85.0	357.4 ± 91.7^b	166.8 ± 39.7	176.3 ± 59.1	0.124	0.352	< 0.001
LE trial	252.5 ± 79.8	408.3 ± 100.4^b	186.9 ± 90.8	169.1 ± 65.0	0.124	0.352	< 0.001
Cortisol (µg/dl)
SE trial	14.2 ± 2.8	9.8 ± 2.0^b	8.8 ± 2.3^b	8.1 ± 2.7^b	0.971	0.459	< 0.001
LE trial	13.7 ± 2.9	9.5 ± 3.3^b	8.7 ± 3.5^b	7.6 ± 2.7^b	0.971	0.459	< 0.001
Insulin (µU/ml)
SE trial	5.8 ± 2.1^a	3.7 ± 1.1^{a, b}	4.1 ± 1.5^a	3.8 ± 1.4	0.359	0.018	< 0.001
LE trial	4.6 ± 1.2	2.8 ± 1.0^b	3.2 ± 1.2	3.3 ± 1.1	0.359	0.018	< 0.001

Data are presented as mean ± SD. SE short-duration exercise, LE long-duration exercise, Ex exercise
^aSignificantly different between the trials at the same time point
^bSignificantly different from baseline in each trial

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