Table 5.
Hematological parameters of rugby players and controls
| |
Forward |
|
Backs |
|
Controls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (n=18) | (n=16) | (n=26) | |||
| Ferritin (ng/ml) |
73.4 ± 28.8 |
|
47.7 ± 17.6 |
|
72.0 ± 37.3 |
| Transferrin (mg/dl) |
262.8 ± 33.5 |
|
269.1 ± 28.5 |
† |
243.8 ± 31.6 |
| Serum iron (?g/dl) |
17.6 ± 7.5 |
|
19.3 ± 5.9 |
|
19.3 ± 5.9 |
| TIBC (?g/dl) |
61.8 ± 7.4 |
|
63.6 ± 6.3 |
† |
57.7 ± 7.0 |
| UIBC (?g/dl) |
44.2 ± 9.9 |
|
44.2 ± 7.8 |
|
38.4 ± 9.4 |
| Red blood cell (×10000/?l) |
503.3 ± 23.2 |
|
514.6 ± 19.0 |
|
515.7 ± 28.3 |
| Hemoglobin (g/dl) |
15.4 ± 0.8 |
|
15.8 ± 0.6 |
|
16.0 ± 0.9 |
| Hematocrit (%) |
50.7 ± 2.5 |
† |
51.9 ± 2.3 |
† |
48.6 ± 2.8 |
| MCV (fl) |
100.8 ± 4.3 |
† |
100.9 ± 3.5 |
† |
94.3 ± 3.0 |
| MCH (pg) |
30.7 ± 1.5 |
|
30.7 ± 0.8 |
|
31.0 ± 0.9 |
| MCHC (%) |
30.5 ± 0.8 |
† |
30.4 ± 0.7 |
† |
32.9 ± 0.6 |
| Platelet (×10000/?l) |
26.0 ± 4.0 |
* |
21.8 ± 2.7 |
|
24.5 ± 3.8 |
| Haptoglobin (mg/dl) |
65.8 ± 36.9 |
|
51.9 ± 24.0 |
† |
85.2 ± 41.5 |
| Tf% | 28.6 ± 12.2 | 30.5 ± 9.3 | 34.0 ± 11.1 |
Values are the mean ± SD.
Abbreviations; TIBC, total iron binding capacity; UIBC, unsaturated iron binding capacity; MCV= mean corpuscular volume,
MCH, mean conpuscular hemoglobin; MCHC, mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration; Tf%, saturated transferrin.
*p < 0.05 vs Backs.
†p < 0.05 vs Controls.