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Table 3 General and Immune parameters before and after walking

From: Changes in peripheral immune cell numbers and functions in octogenarian walkers – an acute exercise study

 

Pre-Walking

Post-Walking

P-value

Hemoglobin (mmol/L)

8.7 (7.7–9.4)

8.2 (7.3–9.1)

0.0009

Thrombocytes (109/L)

233 (157–318)

234 (160–349)

ns

CRP (mg/L)

1 (1–9)

1 (1–47)

0.0078

Creatinin (μmol/L)

86 (47–147)

100 (54–207)

0.0008

ASAT (U/L)

28 (14–39)

(-)

(-)

ALAT (U/L)

28 (21–46)

(-)

(-)

Leukocytes (109/L)

6.6 (4.6–11.0)

7.7 (5.7–14.3)

0.0002

Neutrophils (109/L)

4.1 (2.4–8.3)

5.1 (2.9–10.4)

0.0008

Eosinophils (109/L)

0.15 (0.03–0.68)

0.18 (0.06–0.78)

0.0166

Basophils (109/L)

0.04 (0.01–0.07)

0.03 (0.02–0.05)

ns

Monocytes (109/L)

0.49 (0.29–0.90)

0.67 (0.40–1.21)

0.0005

Lymphocytes (109/L)

1.57 (1.00–2.21)

1.82 (1.07–2.97)

0.0045

CD3+ T cells (109/L)

0.75 (0.20–1.36)

1.11 (0.48–1.98)

0.0005

CD4+ T cells (109/L)

0.46 (0.06–0.99)

0.59 (0.37–1.62)

0.0007

CD8+ T cells (109/L)

0.15 (0.03–0.45)

0.15 (0.05–0.71)

0.0061

CD19+ B cells (109/L)

0.23 (0.05–0.40)

0.30 (0.09–0.51)

0.0023

CD16 + CD56+ NK cells (109/L)

0.40 (0.21–0.87)

0.31 (0.13–0.70)

0.0178

  1. Medians + range are indicated (n = 20). The minimal increase in exercise-induced plasma volume (3.7%) did not influence any of the significant differences found