Endocrine Modulation in Long-Term Karate Practitioners

Table 2

Descriptive statistic for hormones, Mann-Whitney U statistic, one-tailed p value, and effect size (r).

	Control Group			Karate Group
Hormone	Mean	SD	Median	Mean	SD	Median	U	p	r
ACTH (pg/ml)	30.64	23.76	20.10	32.42	15.10	28.50	44	.16	.26
Cortisol (μg/dl)	17.55	6.04	17.44	14.04	2.96	14.00	33	.04	.45
DHEA (ng/ml)	3371.70	1233.98	3214.50	2543.50	1329.93	2287.50	37	.07	.38
TSH (μUI/ml)	2.48	1.31	2.15	2.42	0.97	2.21	59	.49	.02
free-T4 (ng/dl)	1.45	0.13	1.45	1.23	0.13	1.23	17.5	<.01	.71
free-T3 (pg/ml)	3.72	0.37	3.81	3.42	0.23	3.42	23	.03	.62