. 2018 Apr 10;17:76. doi: 10.1186/s12944-018-0726-4

Table 2.

Effects of atherogenic diet supplemented with flaxseed on hematological parameters of rabbits^*

Parameters	CTRL	LIN	W86	CHOL
RBC (10¹² L^− 1)
6 weeks	6.20 ± 0.64^A	5.52 ± 0.72^B	5.60 ± 0.46^B	5.71 ± 0.95^B
10 weeks	6.14 ± 0.94^A	5.26 ± 1.36^B	5.40 ± 0.55^B	5.32 ± 0.86^B
HGB (mmol L^− 1)
6 weeks	8.25 ± 0.81^A	7.64 ± 0.63^B	7.53 ± 0.7^B	8.19 ± 1.27^A
10 weeks	8.24 ± 1.19	7.48 ± 1.45	7.76 ± 0.52	7.7 ± 1.27
PCV (L L^− 1)
6 weeks	45.10 ± 4.23^A	39.26 ± 3.68^B	40.12 ± 1.78^B	42.44 ± 6.63^Aa
10 weeks	43.84 ± 6.93^A	37.70 ± 8.21^B	38.30 ± 3.80^B	38.84 ± 6.03^Bb
PLT (10⁹ L^− 1)
6 weeks	367.66 ± 57.20 ^Aa	457.43 ± 214.11^Ba	541.71 ± 158.50^C	462.00 ± 133.00^Ba
10 weeks	499.85 ± 214.61^Ab	748.33 ± 194.69^Cb	520.83 ± 146.53^A	625.57 ± 133.41^Bb
MCV (fL)
6 weeks	73.00 ± 3.68	71.42 ± 3.91	72.71 ± 3.25	73.43 ± 1.81
10 weeks	71.57 ± 1.13	72.66 ± 5.43	74.17 ± 7.47	73.43 ± 5.00
MCH (fmol L^− 1)
6 weeks	21.41 ± 0.80	22.48 ± 2.37	22.80 ± 1.24	22.87 ± 0.67
10 weeks	21.67 ± 0.48	23.38 ± 2.21	24.37 ± 2.58	23.43 ± 1.72
MCHC (mmol L^− 1)
6 weeks	29.43 ± 0.85	31.43 ± 1.75	31.36 ± 0.82	31.09 ± 0.47
10 weeks	30.33 ± 0.616	32.10 ± 0.616	32.82 ± 1.08	31.97 ± 0.47
RDW (%)
6 weeks	12.50 ± 0.86	11.75 ± 0.93	11.93 ± 0.77	12.47 ± 1.53
10 weeks	11.63 ± 0.28	11.05 ± 1.45	11.32 ± 1.69	11.09 ± 1.20
MPV (fL)
6 weeks	6.04 ± 0.39^A	5.72 ± 0.34^B	5.37 ± 0.27^B	5.39 ± 0.42^B
10 weeks	5.86 ± 0.32^A	5.53 ± 0.35^B	5.27 ± 0.23^B	5.27 ± 0.52^B

^*Mean ± SD values (n = 7) within the same row sharing a different superscript letter (A, B, C, etc.) are significantly different (P < 0.05) but values within the same column not sharing a common uppercase superscript letter (a, b, etc.) differ significantly (P < 0.05)