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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2023

Red Blood Cell Distribution Width, Erythrocyte Indices, and Elongation Index at Baseline in a Group of Trained Subjects.

Gregorio Caimi, Melania Carlisi, Rosalia Lo Presti

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Gregorio CaimiDepartment of Health Promotion and Child Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, University of Palermo, 90127 Palermo, Italy.
Melania CarlisiDepartment of Health Promotion and Child Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, University of Palermo, 90127 Palermo, Italy.
Rosalia Lo PrestiDepartment of Psychology, Educational Science and Human Movement, University of Palermo, 90127 Palermo, Italy.
University of Palermo · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundRegular exercise elicits adaptive changes in several organs and physiological processes, including erythrocyte properties.

methodsIn a group of 79 subjects (62 men and 17 women; mean age 31.37 ± 10.19 years) who trained several times a week as they practiced amateur sports, we evaluated the elongation index, markers of erythrocyte deformability, red blood cell distribution width (RDW), indicators of erythrocyte anisocytosis, hematocrit, hemoglobin, and the main erythrocyte indices (MCV, MCH, MCHC) in basal conditions.

resultsIn comparison with a group of healthy, but not training, volunteers, the values of the elongation index, and not the RDW, are increased, and this datum is accompanied by an increase in MCV and MCHC, likely related to an increased presence of circulating young erythrocytes in training subjects. We also divided the same group according to the median of the VO

conclusionsIn trained subjects, there is no correlation between the values of the elongation index and the RDW, while the interrelations among the elongation index, RDW, and main erythrocyte indices appear to be of particular interest and of a certain complexity.

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erythrocyte deformabilityerythrocyte indicesred blood cell distribution widthregular exercisetrained subjects

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PMID38202157
PMCPMC10780127
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