Table 4.

Hematological parameters of the subjects.

	1st week		3rd week		4th week		12th week
	BPRET on first week	APRET on first week	BPRET on third week	APRET on third week	BPRET on fourth week	APRET on fourth week	BPERT on twelfth week	APRET on twelfth week
	Mean ± SE	Mean ± SE	Mean ± SE	Mean ± SE	Mean ± SE	Mean ± SE	Mean ± SE	Mean ± SE
RBC count (106/μl)	5.11±0.15	5.09±0.12	4.90±0.14*,≠	4.89±0.10*,≠≠	5.08±0.11&	5.10±0.15 Ø	5.00±0.12	4.97±0.12
Hb (g/dl)	15.40±0.30	14.93±0.33*	14.92±0.24*	14.80±0.29**	15.20±0.20&	14.78±0.29**,$	15.62±0.23 Ø,&,$,§	15.37±0.27&,§§
Hct(%)	43.45±1.12	43.09±0.79	41.86±0.83*,≠	42.19±0.59	43.48±0.79	43.74±1.03 Ø	44.25±0.81 Ø,&	43.55±0.74&
MCV (fl)	85.14±1.15	85.05±1.16	85.60±1.10	85.95±1.13	85.64±1.01	86.00±1.12	88.10±1.11*,≠, ØØ,&,$$,§§	87.76±1.10*,≠, Ø,&,$,§§, ß
MCHC (g/dl)	35.53±0.41	34.79±0.55	35.70±0.50	35.33±0.58	35.10±0.56	33.87±0.63*,Ø	35.24±0.49	35.30±0.51

BPRET – before progressive resistance exercise training; APRET – after progressive resistance exercise training; RBC – red blood cell; Hb – hemoglobin; Hct – hematocrit; MCV – mean corpuscular volume; MCHC – mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration. Values are expressed as mean ± SE.

^*p≤0.05, difference from first week BPRET values;

^**p<0.01, difference from first week BPRET values;

^≠p≤0.05, difference from first week APRET values;

^≠≠p<0.01, difference from first week APRET values;

^Øp<0.05, difference from third week BPRET values;

^ØØp≤0.01, difference from third week BPRET values;

^&p<0.05, difference from third week APRET values;

^$p<0.05, difference from fourth week BPRET values;

^$$p≤0.01, difference from fourth week BPRET values;

^§p<0.01, difference from fourth week APRET values;

^§§p<0.05, difference from fourth week APRET values;

^ßp<0.05, difference from twelfth week BPRET values.