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Table 2 Serum concentrations of E2, P4, DHEA-s, T and free T in the follicular phase (FP, around day 11) and the luteal phase (LP, around day 25) before and after three months of follicular phase-based or luteal phase-based strength training (N = 20)

From: Effects of follicular versus luteal phase-based strength training in young women

 

Pre-training

Post-training

FP

LP

FP

LP

E2 (pg/ml)

124 ± 104

114 ± 71

92 ± 70

142 ± 41†

P4 (ng/ml)

0.82 ± 0.53

5.66 ± 3.93†

0.78 ± 0.50

8.36 ± 3.33†*

DHEA-s (μg/ml)

2.65 ± 1.13

2.52 ± 0.83

2.55 ± 0.73

2.58 ± 0.73

T (ng/ml)

0.44 ± 0.20

0.35 ± 0.18†

0.37 ± 0.14*

0.37 ± 0.15

Free T (pg/ml)

2.57 ± 0.86

1.94 ± 0.62†

2.14 ± 0.62*

2.06 ± 0.60

  1. E2: estradiol, P4: progesterone, T: testosterone, pre/post-training: before/after three months of strength training.
  2. FP: follicular phase, LP luteal phase, *: P <0.05 post training vs. pre training, †: P <0.05 LP vs. FP.
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