Table 2. Haematological parameters before (Pre-) and after (Post-) the Live High-Train Low (LHTL) camps for the normobaric hypoxia (NH) and hypobaric hypoxia (HH) groups.
| Pre- | Post- | Delta % | ||
| EPO | NH | 3.85±1.42 | 3.37±1.59 | −14.1±18.3 |
| [mU/mL] | HH | 4.96±3.73 | 3.92±3.94* | −34.5±27.5# |
| RBC | NH | 5.26±0.39 | 5.08±0.46 | −3.5±4.8 |
| [u/µl] | HH | 5.15±0.36 | 5.18±0.43## | 0.6±3.8# |
| HGB | NH | 15.75±1.07 | 15.75±1.14 | 0.1±5.1 |
| [g/dl] | HH | 15.53±0.88 | 16.18±1.08*# | 4.2±3.9# |
| Hct | NH | 46.25±2.89 | 45.19±2.97 | −2.2±5.6 |
| [%] | HH | 45.24±2.43 | 46.33±2.62*# | 2.5±3.8# |
| MCV | NH | 88.06±3.71 | 89.22±3.16 ** | 1.4±1.3 |
| [fl] | HH | 88.06±4.74 | 89.69±4.51 *** | 1.9±1.4 |
| MCH | NH | 29.96±1.13 | 31.09±1.27 *** | 3.8±0.9 |
| [pg] | HH | 30.22±1.27 | 31.32±1.34 *** | 3.6±1.2 |
| MCHC | NH | 34.03±0.72 | 34.85±0.58 *** | 2.4±1.2 |
| [g/dl] | HH | 34.33±1.01 | 34.92±0.79 *** | 1.7±2.0 |
| RET | NH | 0.89±0.31 | 1.03±0.28 ** | 21.6±30.0 |
| [%] | HH | 0.98±0.24 | 1.18±0.38**# | 23.2±34.1# |
| IRF | NH | 6.72±3.61 | 5.37±2.17 | −9.02±33.95 |
| [%] | HH | 6.06±1.77 | 4.76±2.75 | −19.09±36.46 |
| Hbmass | NH | 912.4±96.6 | 935.9±102.6 *** | 2.6±1.9 |
| [g] | HH | 946.8±126.7 | 978.6±131.6 *** | 3.4±2.1 |
| RCV | NH | 2675.8±295.4 | 2692.1±289.9 | 0.7±2.8 |
| [ml] | HH | 2734.1±306.5 | 2778.7±324.1 | 1.64±3.1 |
| BV | NH | 6358.3±583.8 | 6553.6±664.1 | 3.1±4.8 |
| [ml] | HH | 6617.1±744.1 | 6557.5±821.4 | −1.0±4.2## |
| PV | NH | 3682.6±384.6 | 3861.6±460.9 | 5.1±8.6 |
| [ml] | HH | 3883.1±505.3 | 3778.8±551.8 | −2.7±6.1## |
EPO erythropoietin; RBC red blood cells; HGB haemoglobin; Htc hematocrit; MCV mean cell volume; MCH mean cell haemoglobin; MCHC mean cell haemoglobin concentration; RET reticulocytes; IRF immature reticulocyte fraction; Hbmass haemoglobin mass; RCV red cell volume; BV blood volume; PV plasma volume. Data are mean ± SD; *P<0.05, **P<0.01 and ***P<0.001 for differences between Pre- and Post-; #P<0.05 and ##P<0.01 for differences between NH and HH.