PURPOSE We investigated association of hematological variables with specific fitness performance in elite team-sport players. METHODS Hemoglobin mass (Hbmass) was measured in 25 elite field hockey players using the optimized (2 min) CO-rebreathing method. Hemoglobin concentration ([Hb]), hematocrit and mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC) were analyzed in venous blood. Fitness per...

The aim of the study is to evaluate if occupational exposure to urban stressors could cause alterations in red blood cells (RBC), hemoglobin (HGB), hematocrit (HCT), mean cell volume (MCV), mean cell hemoglobin (MCH), mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentrations (MCHC) in traffic police compared to a control group. 694 subjects were included in the study: 347 traffic police and 347 controls match...

BACKGROUND The pathophysiology of bipolar disorder (BD) remains a mystery. In this context, interest in the role of the immune and inflammatory systems in BD has been increasing. We aimed to compare the routine hemogram values of BD patients with those of the participants in the healthy control group, to assess the inflammation levels of the two groups. Mean platelet volume (MPV) can be obtaine...

Red blood cell (RBC) traits are routinely measured in clinical practice as important markers of health. Deviations from the physiological ranges are usually a sign of disease, although variation between healthy individuals also occurs, at least partly due to genetic factors. Recent large scale genetic studies identified loci associated with one or more of these traits; further characterization ...

In this single blinded parallel-group randomized controlled trial (RCT), preterm very-low-birth-weight (VLBW) infants received early iron (EI) supplementation (starting at 2 weeks postnatal age), or late iron (LI) supplementation (starting at 6 weeks postnatal age) [1]. The primary outcome was serum ferritin level at 12 weeks, and the secondary outcomes were the incidence of neonatal morbiditie...

This study investigated the effect of ethanol stem bark extract Irvingia gabonensis (ESEIG) on sodium arsenite (SA)-induced pro-inflammatory cytokines and hematological perturbations in Wistar rats. Fifty-five rats weighing 100 g - 179 were distributed into eleven groups (n=5). Group 1 had feed water only. 2 received 4.1 mg/kg body weight (kgbw) SA. Groups 3-11 SA and/or ESEIG. Treatment was do...

In a 12-week experiment, the rock bream, Oplegnathus fasciatus, and olive flounder, Paralichthys olivaceus, were investigated to determine the effects of starvation on their physiological parameters. The protein and DNA contents of the starved fish were significantly higher than the initial values and those of the fed fish. The RNA contents and RNA/DNA ratios of the fed fish were significantly ...

The aim of the present study was to investigate and show the differences in blood parameters related with age and sex of Žemaitukai horse breed in Lithuania. According to the blood parameters, they may be assigned to a particular blood type. Haematological parameters [(red blood cells (RBC), white blood cells (WBC), hemoglobin concentration (Hb), hematocrit (HCT), lymphocytes (LYM), platelet (P...

A central theme in the field of ecology is understanding how environmental variables influence a species’ distribution. In last 20 years, there has been particular attention given to adaptive physiological traits that allow some species persist urban environments. However, no clear consensus on urbanization influences physiology, and it unclear whether differences birds are directly linked adve...

this study was conducted to determine the effects of administration of different concentration of aloe vera crud extract (ace) as a food supplement on growth performance, immune response and disease resistance against aeromonas hydrophila (chester) infection in cyprinus carpio. 360 juvenile c.carpio were randomly divided into four equal groups in triplicates. groups 1 to 4 were fed by basal foo...