Table 3 Changes in blood cells counts levels between pre-post competitions season. Mean (M) ± standard deviation (SD)

WBC (mm3)

BG

7321.4 ± 1544.8

6935.7 ± 1328.2

6528.6 ± 1583.3

−0.5

−1.2 L

0.3

−10.8

PG

7220.0 ± 797.5

6966.7 ± 883.7

7540.0 ± 949.3^#

0.3

−0.4 S

1.1

4.4

Neutrophils (%)

BG

53.3 ± 7.5

48.1 ± 3.9

41.1 ± 8.5

−1.4

−2.3 L

−0.6

−22.9

PG

53.3 ± 8.2

57.6 ± 7.4

55.7 ± 14.0

0.2

−0.5 M

0.9

4.5

Lymphocytes (%)

BG

37.1 ± 7.0

42.6 ± 3.0

50.6 ± 7.3

1.8

0.9 L

2.7

36.4

PG

37.6 ± 8.7

34.0 ± 7.0

35.9 ± 12.9

−0.1

−0.9 L

0.6

−4.5

NLR

BG

1.5 ± 0.5

1.1 ± 0.2

0.9 ± 0.3

−1.4

−2.3 L

−0.6

− 44.2

PG

1.5 ± 0.6

1.8 ± 0.7

1.9 ± 1.1

0.4

−0.3 S

1.1

24.4

MIX (%)

BG

9.6 ± 1.7

9.3 ± 3.3

8.3 ± 3.5

−0.5

−1.2 L

0.3

−13.8

PG

9.7 ± 2.1

8.9 ± 2.0

8.9 ± 2.6

−0.3

−1.0 L

0.4

−8.3

RBC (Mil.mm3)

BG

5.3 ± 0.3

5.2 ± 0.2

4.9 ± 0.5^*

−1.1

−1.9 L

−0.3

−8.1

PG

5.4 ± 0.4

5.4 ± 0.4

5.5 ± 0.3

0.3

−0.4 S

1.0

1.9

MCV (fL)

BG

81.5 ± 3.0

85.0 ± 2.8

84.2 ± 2.4

0.9

0.1 T

1.7

3.3

PG

83.7 ± 4.0

86.3 ± 4.9

85.8 ± 5.6

0.4

−0.3 S

1.1

2.6

MCH (pg)

BG

27.9 ± 1.2

29.7 ± 1.0^€

29.6 ± 1.0^*

1.5

0.7 M

2.3

6.1

PG

28.4 ± 1.9

29.7 ± 2.4^€

29.2 ± 2.4^#*

0.3

−0.4 S

1.0

2.5

MCHC (g/dL)

BG

34.3 ± 0.7

35.1 ± 1.0^€

35.3 ± 1.1^*

1.1

0.3 S

1.8

2.9

PG

34.1 ± 1.4

34.6 ± 1.5

33.7 ± 2.1^#

−0.2

−0.9 L

0.5

−1.1

RDW (%)

BG

13.5 ± 1.1

13.1 ± 0.8

13.3 ± 0.9

−0.3

−1.0 L

0.5

−2.0

PG

13.2 ± 1.3

13.5 ± 1.1

13.1 ± 1.2^#

−0.1

− 0.8 L

0.6

−1.1

Hb (g/dL)

BG

15.2 ± 1.0

15.9 ± 0.8^€

15.6 ± 0.8^#

0.4

−0.3 S

1.2

2.6

PG

15.1 ± 1.3

15.9 ± 1.4^€

15.1 ± 1.1^#

0.0

−0.7 M

0.7

−0.1

Hct (%)

BG

44.4 ± 2.4

45.6 ± 2.4

45.5 ± 2.1

0.4

−0.3 S

1.2

2.4

PG

44.7 ± 3.0

45.9 ± 2.8

45.0 ± 2.7

0.1

−0.6 M

0.8

0.8

Platelets (mm3)

BG

200,714.3 ± 22,269.1

192,357.1 ± 26,696.6

188,928.6 ± 36,389.9

−0.4

−1.1 L

0.4

−5.9

PG

209,533.3 ± 43,843.7

209,200.0 ± 37,361.6

221,333.3 ± 36,112.3^#

0.3

−0.4 S

1.0

5.6