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Table 4 Biological stress markers on day 1 and day 90

From: The effect of active occupational stress management on psychosocial and physiological wellbeing: a pilot study

 

Day 1

Day 90

Value

Ref. Value

p-value

Leucocytes

6.9

6.7

10^9

4.0–10.0

0.612

Erythrocytes

5.1

5.1

10^12

4.2–5.4

0.549

Haemoglobin

155.2

156.0

g/L

120–160

0.331

Neutrophils

3.9

3.8

10^9/L

1.6–7.5

0.280

Lymphocytes

5.4

5.7

10^9/L

0.8–5.0

0.349

Monocytes

0.6

0.6

10^9/L

0.1–1.0

0.597

Glucose

4.7

4.5

mmol/L

3.6–6.1

0.042**

CK

2.1

1.8

μkat/L

< 2.85

0.297

CRP

2.6

0.9

mg/L

< 5

0.021**

Cholesterol

4.9

4.9

mmol/L

4.0–5.2

0.292

HDL

1.5

1.4

mmol/L

> 1.4

0.292

LDL

3.2

2.9

mmol/L

2.0–3.5

0.612

Triglycerides

1.1

1.0

mmol/L

0.6–1.7

0.391

TSH

2.8

2.3

mlU/L

0.3–4.2

0.247

Cortisol

603.5

437.1

nmol/L

2.8–8.0

0.012**

Testosterone

4.9

5.4

μg/L

171–536

0.423

  1. *CK Creatine kinase, CRP C-reactive protein, HDL High density lipoprotein, LDL Low density lipoprotein, TSH Thyroid-stimulating hormone
  2. **Statistically significant difference between the values at day 1 compared to day 90 according to One-Way ANOVA test