Table 2.
The F and P statistics regarding the influence of physical activity (PA) and whole-body cryostimulation (WBCST) on the level of erythrocyte indicators (mean ± SD) in marathon runners and non-training men.
| Variable | Marathon group | Non-training group |
F (P) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PA | WBCST | PA × WBCST | |||
| RBC (106/μL) | 4.86 ± 0.50 | 5.05 ± 0.56 | 1.42 (0.25) | 0.06 (0.98) | 0.90 (0.45) |
| HGB (g/dL) | 14.96 ± 1.55 | 15.27 ± 1.46 | 2.98 (0.10) | 0.09 (0.87) | 0.54 (0.66) |
| HCT (%) | 43.49 ± 4.24 | 45.03 ± 3.99 | 2.87 (0.11) | 0.13 (0.94) | 0.78 (0.51) |
| MCV (fL) | 89.60 ± 4.06 | 89.20 ± 3.12 | 0.03 (0.86) | 0.16 (0.92) | 0.62 (0.61) |
| MCH (pg) | 30.30 ± 1.57 | 30.80 ± 1.03 | 0.56 (0.47) | 0.17 (0.91) | 0.69 (0.56) |
| MCHC (g/dL) | 33.90 ± 0.69 | 34.38 ± 0.75 | 1.85 (0.19) | 0.34 (0.80) | 0.63 (0.60) |
| RDW-SD (fL) | 41.80 ± 2.20 | 41.10 ± 2.56 | 0.56 (0.47) | 0.48 (0.70) | 0.49 (0.69) |
| RDW-CV (%) | 12.90 ± 0.57 | 12.60 ± 0.52 | 0.69 (0.42) | 0.43 (0.74) | 0.42 (0.74) |
RBC, red blood cells; HGB, hemoglobin; HCT, hematocrit; MCV, mean corpuscular volume; MCH, mean corpuscular hemoglobin; MCHC, mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration; RDW-SD, red blood cell distribution width – standard deviation; RDW-CV, red blood cell distribution width – coefficient of variation.