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Table 2.

Exosomes/lipophilic particles in blood. Imaging flow cytometry was used to evaluate exosomes and lipophilic particles as total number/µL (mean ± SD, n = number of samples) pre- and post-deep and shallow dives. Note that due to insufficient plasma volume, analysis could only be conducted on 4 of the 8 participants in the deep diver group (+ p < 0.001, t-test; * p < 0.001 vs. control, RM-ANOVA). Bold numbers indicate statistically significant values.

	Pre-Dive (#/µL)	Post-Day 1 (#/µL)	Post Day 7 (#/µL)
Deep divers (n = 4)	9.3 ± 0.9 × 10⁷	16.5 ± 5.2 × 10⁷ +
Shallow divers (n = 6)	6.1 ± 2.6 × 10⁷	14.7 ± 3.6 × 10⁷ *	17.3 ± 3.8 × 10⁷ *