Markers of Biological Stress and Mucosal Immunity during a Week Leading to Competition in Adolescent Swimmers

Table 2

Salivary concentrations of hormonal and immune markers for the control and the competition week in adolescent swimmers (mean weekly values ± SE).

Variables	Control week	Competition week
	(𝑁=23)	(𝑁=23)
Cortisol (ng/mL)	2.7 ± 0.2	2.5 ± 0.2
Testosterone (pg/mL)	187.7 ± 13.5	154.5 ± 11.3*
Testosterone/cortisol (ratio)	83.4 ± 7.0	77.9 ± 7.7
Immunoglobulin A (𝜇g/mL)	47.9 ± 4.4	54.9 ± 5.2

^∗𝑃≤0.05 difference between control and competition week.