TABLE 2.

Hematological variables in women and men prior to and after blood normalization.

	Women	Men pre	Men post
Hbmass (g)	655.8 ± 86.6	1,011.9 ± 133.8*	928.5 ± 144.9†
HbCO (%)	0.5 ± 0.2	0.7 ± 0.2	14.4 ± 4.0†
Effective Hb (g⋅dl–1)	11.9 ± 0.9	13.8 ± 0.6*	12.0 ± 0.8
Hct (%)	40.4 ± 3.0	47.2 ± 1.9*	47.3 ± 1.8†
RBCV (ml⋅kg–1)	34.8 ± 5.2	43.9 ± 5.1*	40.8 ± 4.9†
PV (ml⋅kg–1)	51.4 ± 7.6	49.3 ± 6.9	45.5 ± 5.7
BV (ml⋅kg–1)	86.2 ± 11.5	93.2 ± 11.5	86.2 ± 10.2

Data are presented as mean ± SD.

^*P < 0.05, women vs. men pre.

^†P < 0.05, women vs. men post. BV, blood volume; Effective Hb, blood concentration of hemoglobin able to carry oxygen; HbCO, carboxyhemoglobin; Hb_mass, total circulating hemoglobin mass; Hct, hematocrit; PV, plasma volume; RBCV, red blood cell volume.