Effects of a Meal on the Hemorheologic Responses to Exercise in Young Males
Table 4
Mean values (±SD) or median values (interquartile ranges) of the total extent of aggregation (AMP), half time of total aggregation (), aggregation index (AI), and the elongation index (EI) at various levels of shear stress in control (without meal) series ().
Parameter
Basal
Exercise
Rest
Basal versus exercise
Exercise versus rest
AMP
18.74 ± 0.82
18.78 (18.32–19.52)
19.48 (17.98–19.99)
0.816
0.06
(s)
3.86 ± 0.91
2.76 ± 0.41
3.68 ± 0.62
0.000***
0.000***
AI (%)
53.22 ± 5.82
59.45 ± 4.93
50.9 ± 5.15
0.001**
0.000***
EI (0.3 Pa)
0.05 (0.04-0.05)
0.06 (0.05-0.06)
0.05 (0.04-0.05)
0.068
0.059
EI (0.58 Pa)
0.07 ± 0.01
0.07 ± 0.01
0.08 ± 0.02
0.435
0.057
EI (1.13 Pa)
0.11 ± 0.02
0.1 ± 0.03
0.1 ± 0.02
0.058
0.966
EI (2.18 Pa)
0.22 (0.18–0.24)
0.2 (0.18–0.21)
0.19 (0.18–0.21)
0.019*
0.41
EI (4.24 Pa)
0.33 (0.28–0.34)
0.31 (0.23–0.33)
0.3 (0.26–0.34)
0.045*
0.695
EI (8.23 Pa)
0.44 (0.42–0.45)
0.43 (0.33–0.43)
0.41 (0.39–0.44)
0.002**
0.53
EI (15.98 Pa)
0.52 (0.49–0.53)
0.5 (0.44–0.51)
0.48 (0.46–0.52)
0.023*
0.695
EI (31.04 Pa)
0.57 (0.56–0.58)
0.56 (0.51–0.58)
0.55 (0.52–0.57)
0.016*
0.929
EI (59.97 Pa)
0.6 (0.59–0.6)
0.59 (0.56–0.6)
0.59 (0.58–0.61)
0.084
0.594
Significantly different ( < 0.05).
**Significantly different ( < 0.001).
***Significantly different ( < 0.001).
