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Table 5 Haematological variables (mean ± SD)

From: Lifestyle exercise attenuates immunosenescence; flow cytometry analysis

 

Reference

values

Active

n = 34

Inactive

n = 20

Active vs. Inactive

p level

η2

WBC [103/μL]

5.0–11.6

6.7 ± 2.1

6.5 ± 2.0

0.740

0.055

Lymphocytes [103/μL]

1.3–4.0

2.3 ± 0.6

2.2 ± 0.9

0.119

0.002

Granulocytes [103/μL]

2.4–7.6

3.9 ± 1.6

3.8 ± 1.4

0.851

0.076

LYM %

19.1–48.5

35.5 ± 7.6

33.7 ± 9.0

0.486

0.003

GRA %

43.6–73.4

57.2 ± 9.2

57.2 ± 9.0

0.981

0.000

RBC [103/μL]

F 4.0–5.5

M 4.5–6.6

4.8 ± 0.3

4.7 ± 0.3

0.209

0.054

HB [g/dL]

F 12.5–16.0

M 13.5–18.0

13.9 ± 0.7

13.7 ± 0.8

0.513

0.108

HCT [%]

F 37–47

M 40.0–51.0

39.5 ± 2.0

38.6 ± 2.4

0.201

0.031

MCV [fL]

F 80–95

M 80–97

81.9 ± 3.0

81.7 ± 2.6

0.950

0.048

MCH [pg]

F 27.0–32.0

M 26.0–32.0

28.7 ± 1.3

29.0 ± 1.1

0.395

0.054

MCHC [g/dL]

F 32.0–36.0

M 31.0–36.0

35.1 ± 0.8

35.5 ± 0.6

0.330

0.018

PLT [103/μL]

150–400

270 ± 60

236 ± 39

< 0.01

0.031

  1. Abbreviations: WBC white blood cells, LYM lymphocytes, GRA granulocytes, RBC red blood cells, HB haemoglobin, HCT haematocrit, MCV mean corpuscular volume, MCH mean cells haemoglobin, MCHC corpuscular/cellular haemoglobin concentration, PLT platelets, F female, M male. The measurements in groups are compared by the one-way ANOVA or the Mann-Whitney non-parametric test (if the normality assumption is violated)