| | |
Seasonal differences
| | |
Sex differences
| |
Sex × season
|
---|
Analyte
|
Springa
|
Summera
|
Falla
|
Wintera
|
F valueb
|
p value
|
Male
|
Female
|
F value
|
p value
|
F value
|
p value
|
---|
AST (U/l)
|
H
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
47.805 c
|
**
|
H
|
-
|
11.197
|
0.01
|
nsd
|
nsd
|
LDH (IU/l)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
nsd
|
nsd
|
-
|
H
|
6.556
|
0.01
|
nsd
|
nsd
|
BUN (mg/dl)
|
H
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
42.358
|
**
|
-
|
-
|
nsd
|
nsd
|
nsd
|
nsd
|
Calcium (mg/dl)
|
H
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
5.584
|
***
|
-
|
H
|
18.037
|
0
|
nsd
|
nsd
|
Phosphorus (mg/dl)
|
-
|
H
|
-
|
-
|
72.936
|
**
|
-
|
-
|
nsd
|
nsd
|
nsd
|
nsd
|
CK (IU/l)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
nsd
|
nsd
|
H
|
-
|
20.478
|
0
|
nsd
|
nsd
|
Uric acid (mg/dl)
|
-
|
H
|
-
|
-
|
41.521
|
**
|
-
|
H
|
7.878
|
0.005
|
nsd
|
nsd
|
Creatinine (mg/dl)
|
-
|
H
|
-
|
-
|
41.603
|
**
|
-
|
-
|
nsd
|
nsd
|
nsd
|
nsd
|
Glucose (mg/dl)
|
H
|
-
| |
L
|
6.954
|
**
|
-
|
-
|
nsd
|
nsd
|
nsd
|
nsd
|
Total protein (g/dl)
|
H
|
-
|
L
|
-
|
28.378
|
**
|
H
|
-
|
7.791
|
0.006
|
nsd
|
nsd
|
Triglyceride (mg/dl)
|
H
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
53.135
|
**
|
-
|
H
|
28.053
|
0
|
nsd
|
nsd
|
Cholesterol (mg/dl)
|
H
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
31.098
|
**
|
-
|
H
|
12.034
|
0.01
|
nsd
|
nsd
|
Sodium (mmol/l)
|
-
|
-
|
L
|
H
|
6.293
|
***
|
-
|
-
|
nsd
|
nsd
|
nsd
|
nsd
|
Potassium (mmol/l)
|
-
|
H
|
-
|
-
|
59.339
|
**
|
-
|
-
|
nsd
|
nsd
|
nsd
|
nsd
|
Chloride (mmol/l)
|
-
|
H
|
-
|
-
|
24.152
|
**
|
-
|
-
|
nsd
|
nsd
|
nsd
|
nsd
|
-
a Means significantly higher (H) or lower (L) than for the other sex or the other seasons. b Two-way ANOVA (p< 0.05). c nsd, no significant difference. * p< 0.05; ** p< 0.005; ***p< 0.001. Abbreviations of analytes are defined in the footnotes of Table 2.