Table 4.

Erythrocyte concentration of the elements in the control group and sportsmen classified by the level of training

	CG (n = 30)	MTG (n = 24)	HTG (n = 22)
Cr (μg/gHb)	0.32 ± 0.16	0.25 ± 0.14	0.12 ± 0.11
Cu (μg/gHb)	38.8 ± 6.68	31.81 ± 7.47+	30.24 ± 4.81†††
Mn (μg/gHb)	1.45 ± 0.36	1.22 ± 0.17++	1.16 ± 0.29††
Mo (μg/gHb)	0.3 ± 0.04	0.11 ± 0.16+	0.08 ± 0.02†*
Se (μg/gHb)	8.63 ± 2.30	7.99 ± 2.16	7.55 ± 1.36†
Zn (mg/gHb)	0.65 ± 0.10	0.49 ± 0.14++	0.44 ± 0.06†††

ANOVA and Bonferroni tests

† Differences between the HTG and CG (†p < 0,05; ††p < 0,01; †††p < 0,001)

+ Differences between the MTG and CG (+p < 0,05; ++p < 0,01; +++p < 0,001)

* Differences between the HTG and MTG (*p < 0,05; **p < 0,01; ***p < 0,001)