Table II.

Total hemoglobin mass and volume parameters normalized to body mass (mean ± SD)

Variable	N	tHb-mass [g/kg BM]	Blood volume [ml/kg BM]	Plasma volume [ml/kg BM]	Erythrocyte volume [ml/kg BM]
Males
Cross-country skiing [1]	20	13.1 ±0.8[2]	93.3 ±6.4[2]	55.3 ±5.0[2]	38.0 ±2.0[2]
Judo [2]	34	11.2 ±0.7[1,3,4,5]	81.8 ±5.9[1,3,4,5]	48.6 ±4.5[1,3,4,5]	33.1 ±2.0[1,3,4,5]
Middle- and long-distance running [3]	21	13.1 ±1.0[2]	93.1 ±7.6[2]	55.6 ±5.7[2]	37.5 ±2.5[2]
Modern pentathlon [4]	24	12.8 ±0.7[2]	94.0 ±5.8[2]	56.4 ±4.5[2]	37.7 ±2.2[2]
Nordic combined [5]	8	12.8 ±0.6[2]	90.8 ±5.0[2]	54.2 ±4.4[2]	36.6 ±2.2[2]
Total number	107
Females
Cross-country skiing [1]	20	10.6 ±1.1[2]	82.6 ±6.0[2]	51.1 ±3.4[2,4]	31.5 ±3.2[2]
Judo [2]	16	9.3 ±0.7[1,3,4]	74.3 ±5.6[1,3,4]	46.4 ±4.0[1,3,4]	27.9 ±2.1[1,3,4]
Middle- and long-distance running [3]	19	10.6 ±0.9[2]	86.1 ±7.3[2]	54.8 ±5.5[2]	31.3 ±2.7[2]
Modern pentathlon [4]	14	10.4 ±0.9[2]	86.9 ±7.9[2]	55.8 ±5.5[1,2]	31.1 ±2.7[2]
Total number	69

tHb-mass – total hemoglobin mass. BM – body mass.

^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}Significant differences within male or female groups