Sport | |||||||
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Variable | Athletics (n=66) | Swimming (n=59) | Rowing (n=108) | Judo (n=5) | Team (n=50) | Others (n=27) | Control (n=182) |
Values are mean (SEM). | |||||||
*p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001 compared with controls. | |||||||
RBC, red blood cell count; Hct, packed cell volume; Hb, haemoglobin concentration; MCV, mean corpuscular volume. | |||||||
RBC (× 1012/l) | 4.47 (0.04) | 4.40 (0.05) | 4.32 (0.04)*** | 4.70 (0.07) | 4.47 (0.04) | 4.61 (0.07) | 4.51 (0.03) |
Hct (l/l) | 0.383 (0.003) | 0.375 (0.005)* | 0.364 (0.003)*** | 0.390 (0.009) | 0.374 (0.005)* | 0.377 (0.006) | 0.384 (0.002) |
Hb (g/l) | 131.17 (0.97)* | 125.90 (1.30)*** | 124.27 (0.93)*** | 136.80 (2.08) | 125.82 (1.66)*** | 132.07 (1.70) | 134.26 (0.67) |
MCV (fl) | 86.06 (0.62) | 85.80 (0.55) | 86.00 (0.45) | 84.10 (0.85) | 84.20 (0.70) | 84.25 (0.91) | 85.51 (0.44) |