. 2019 Apr 15;44(1):23–32. doi: 10.5114/ceji.2019.83266

Table 3.

The effect of a protein-deficient diet non-supplemented or supplemented with vitamin B₆ on haematological parameters in exercised or unexercised rats. Rats were fed for 90 days the control diet (20% of energy from protein, groups I and II), low-protein diet (4.5% of energy from protein, groups III and IV), or low-protein diet (4.5% of energy from protein) additionally supplemented with 300% of vitamin B₆ (groups V and VI). ^{a, b, c} – the level of divergence between groups (p < 0.05). Each group consisted of 10 animals

Haematological parameters	20% of protein (I)	20% of protein + exercise (II)	4.5% of protein(III)	4.5% of protein + exercise (IV)	4.5% of protein + vit. B₆ (V)	4.5% of protein + exercise + vit. B₆ (VI)
WBC (10³/μl)	9.23 ±0.50^a	9.56 ±0.29^a	10.18 ±0.52^a,b	11.06 ±0.45^b	9.79 ±0.27^a	9.67 ±0.29^a
RBC (10⁶/μl)	8.49 ±0.36	7.89 ±0.42	7.98 ±0.43	8.27 ±0.37	8.77 ±0.43	8.34 ±0.63
HGB (g/l)	12.42 ±0.58^a	11.74 ±0.55^a	9.90 ±0.39^b	10.20 ±0.43^b	11.54 ±0.29^a	11.93 ±0.39^a
HCT (%)	35.38 ±1.72^a	34.73 ±2.26^a	30.51 ±1.84^b	32.18 ±2.05^a,b	33.68 ±1.77^a,b	32.58 ±2.46^a,b
MCV (fl)	41.61 ±0.59^a	43.88 ±0.73^a	38.23 ±0.64^b	38.73 ±1.02^b	38.41 ±0.79^b	37.75 ±1.29^b
MCH (pg)	14.62 ±0.27^a	14.91 ±0.28^a	12.88 ±0.38^b	13.09 ±0.41^b	12.90 ±0.39^b	13.26 ±0.25^b
MCHC (g/l)	351.7 ±7.38	340.9 ±9.42	336.8 ±7.29	338.1 ±6.49	336.1 ±8.06	341.4 ±2.88
PLT (10³/μl)	839.2 ±72.6	591.9 ±100.2	721.0 ±58.4	643.3 ±41.5	818.0 ±71.8	731.2 ±70.8

WBC – white blood cells, RBC – red blood cells, HGB – haemoglobin, HCT – haematocrit, MCV – mean corpuscular volume, MCH – mean corpuscular haemoglobin, MCHC – mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration, PLT – platelets