Differences in Plasma Cytokine Levels between Elite Kayakers and Nonathletes

Table 2

Spearman correlations (ρ) between peripheral blood leukocyte subpopulations and plasma cytokine concentrations in elite kayakers (𝑛=13).

Cells		Cytokines
	IL-1𝛽 pg/mL	IL-1ra pg/mL	IL-6 pg/mL	IL-10 pg/mL	IL-18 pg/mL	IFN-𝛾 pg/mL	TNF-𝛼 pg/mL
WBC (10^3/μL)	0.22(0.23)	0.67* (<0.01)	−0.03(0.45)	0.03(0.46)	0.50* (0.04)	0.19(0.27)	0.08(0.39)
% LY	−0.42(0.07)	−0.05(0.42)	−0.37(0.11)	−0.20(0.26)	−0.25(0.20)	−0.40(0.09)	−0.25(0.20)
LY (10^3/μL)	−0.18(0.27)	0.39(0.08)	−0.24(0.22)	−0.15(0.32)	0.11(0.36)	−0.10(0.36)	−0.09(0.38)
% CD3^+	−0.31(0.14)	−0.22(0.23)	−0.18(0.27)	−0.16(0.30)	−0.34(0.12)	−0.54* (0.03)	−0.04(0.44)
CD3^+ (cell/μL)	−0.44(0.06)	0.23(0.22)	−0.33(0.14)	−0.11(0.36)	0.03(0.45)	−0.27(0.19)	0.14(0.32)
% CD3^+CD4^+	0.30(0.15)	0.03(0.45)	0.12(0.35)	−0.06(0.41)	−0.25(0.19)	0.12(0.35)	0.13(0.34)
CD3^+CD4^+ (cell/μL)	−0.32(0.14)	0.21(0.24)	−0.30(0.16)	−0.20(0.26)	−0.01(0.47)	−0.35(0.13)	0.16(0.30)
% CD3^+CD8^+	−0.29(0.16)	−0.09(0.38)	0.01(0.50)	0.07(0.41)	0.31(0.14)	−0.04(0.49)	0.01(0.50)
CD3^+CD8^+ (cell/μL)	−0.47* (0.04)	0.18(0.27)	−0.11(0.36)	0.14(0.32)	0.12(0.34)	−0.08(0.39)	0.21(0.24)
% CD3^−CD19^+	0.03(0.45)	0.03(0.45)	0.17(0.28)	0.17(0.29)	0.65* (<0.01)	0.52* (0.04)	0.07(0.40)
CD3^−CD19^+ (cell/μL)	−0.12(0.34)	0.30(0.15)	−0.10(0.37)	0.05(0.43)	0.69* (<0.01)	0.27(0.19)	−0.02(0.46)
% CD3^−CD56^+	−0.16(0.29)	0.23(0.21)	−0.17(0.29)	−0.20(0.26)	−0.08(0.38)	0.01(0.48)	0.16(0.30)
CD3^−CD56^+ (cell/μL)	−0.27(0.18)	0.38(0.09)	−0.24(0.22)	−0.17(0.29)	0.08(0.39)	−0.04(0.44)	0.05(0.43)

WBC: withe blood cells (leukocytes). ∗P < 0.05.