Table 1 Haematological parameters in male and female participants. *p < 0.05 compared to before the exercise. N=40 (20 male and 20 female). Values are express as mean ± Standard error of mean

RBC (x10¹² cells/L)

4.6 ± 0.058

4.9 ± 0.072*

7

4.6 ± 0.054

5.1 ± 0.051*

11

Haemoglobin (g/dL)

13 ± 1.3

14 ± 1.5*

8

12 ± 0.16

14 ± 0.14*

8.3

Haematocrit (%)

40 ± 0.31

42 ± 0.40*

5

39 ± 0.30

40 ± 0.26*

14

MCV (fL)

93 ± 0.27

80 ± 0.36*

-13

90 ± 0.62

78 ± 0.93*

-15

MCH (pg/dL)

27 ± 0.14

23 ± 0.14*

-15

27 ± 0.32

23 ± 0.29*

-15

MCHC (pg/dL)

30 ± 0.11

29 ± 0.09*

-3

30 ± 1.3

29 ± 0.12*

-3

WBC cells (x10⁹/L)

4.6 ± 0.18

7.1 ± 0.31*

54

5.0 ± 6.9

6.9 ± 0.32*

40

Monocyte (%)

5.7 ± 0.31

9.6 ± 0.38*

68

7.1 ± 0.28

11 ± 0.27*

55

Lymphocyte (%)

44 ± 3.6

46 ± 2.6

4.5

48 ± 3.6

44 ± 3.8

-9.7

Granulocyte (%)

46 ± 5.9

49 ± 4.0

6.5

41 ± 3.0

43 ± 4.0

4.8

Platelet cells (x10⁹/L)

258 ± 6.9

293 ± 8.2

13.5

299 ± 8.3

349 ± 14

16.7

MPV (f/L)

11 ± 0.13

9.6 ± 0.06*

-12.7

11 ± 0.06

9.8 ± 0.07*

-11

PDW (%)

15 ± 0.14

15 ± 0.07

0

14 ± 0.22

15 ± 0.10

7

PCT (%)

0.25 ± 0.033

0.24 ± 0.03

-4

0.31 ± 0.02

0.31 ± 0.02

0

Platelet to lymphocyte ratio

5.86 ± 0.4

6.37 ± 0.3

8.7

6.23 ± 0.4

7.93 ± 0.4

21

Clotting time (min)

2.3 ± 0.21

2.2 ± 0.11

-4.3

2.5 ± 0.29

2.4 ± 0.08

-4