Effects of exercise on leukocytosis and blood hemostasis in 800 healthy young females and males

Figure 3 Evaluation of leukocytosis before and after leisure exercise. A: Total numbers of white blood cells, segmented (seg.) neutrophils, stab (band) neutrophils, total lymphocytes, monocytes and eosinophils were calculated from 121 healthy females before and after 1 h run (or ski) and 3 h rest. Lines indicate the mean values. P values compared the differences in the numbers between after and before exercise; B: This is similar to panel A, except that 120 healthy males were examined. Each dot represents one individual; C: Total numbers of white blood cells, segmented neutrophils, stab (band) neutrophils, total lymphocytes, monocytes and eosinophils were calculated from 133 healthy females before and after 5 min of intense exercise. Lines indicate the mean values. P values compared the differences in the numbers between after and before exercise; D: This is similar to panel A, except that 140 healthy males were examined. Each dot represents one individual. B: Before; A: After; WBC: White blood cell.