BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation

Table 6 Pre- and post-study zonulin, sIgA, and hsCRP in the ET group and the ET + S group

From: No effects of a 4-week post-exercise sauna bathing on targeted gut microbiota and intestinal barrier function, and hsCRP in healthy men: a pilot randomized controlled trial

	Pre-study		Post-study		2-way ANOVA (p-value; η²)
	ET Mean ± SD	ET + S Mean ± SD	ET Mean ± SD	ET + S Mean ± SD	Group	Time	Group x Time
Zonulin (ng/ml)	132 ± 119	119 ± 80	289 ± 183	228 ± 179	0.577	0.005 (0.46)	0.565
sIgA (µg/ml)	1653 ± 1390	1385 ± 1408	1059 ± 889	1784 ± 1213	0.698	0.745	0.114
hsCRP (ng/dl)	0.7 ± 1.2	1 ± 1	1.4 ± 2.5	0.4 ± 0.5	0.603	0.785	0.054

p < 0.05 were in bold
η² Effect size, sIgA Secretory immunoglobulin A, hsCRP High-sensitivity C-reactive protein

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