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Figure 4. Red blood cell count (mean ± standard deviation) for both
shallow and deep decompression profiles (n = 17). In the shallow Figure 6. Platelet count (mean ± standard deviation) for the
decompression profile, the pre-dive mean count was 5.25 × 10 ± shallow and deep decompression profiles (n = 17). In the shallow
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0.48 × 10 , while the post-dive mean count was 5.23 × 10 ± 0.57 decompression profile, the pre-dive mean count was 255 × 10 ± 54.1
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× 10 . In the Deep Decompression Profile, the pre-dive mean count × 10 , and the post-dive mean count was 253 × 10 ± 52.8 × 10 . In the
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was 5.26 × 10 ± 0.48 × 10 , while the post-dive mean count was deep decompression profile, the pre-dive mean count was 260 × 10 ±
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5.16 × 10 ± 0.45 × 10 6 61.5 × 10 , and the post-dive mean count was 252 × 10 ± 54.4 × 10 3
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Figure 7. Neutrophil count (mean ± standard deviation) for the
shallow and deep decompression profiles (n = 17). In the shallow
Figure 5. Hemoglobin levels for the shallow and deep decompression decompression profile, the pre-dive mean count was 7.512 × 10 ± 1.56
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profiles (n = 17). Both profiles have a pre-dive mean hemoglobin × 10 , and the post-dive mean count was 8 × 10 ± 1.90 × 10 . In the
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level of 15.5 g/dL and a post-dive mean hemoglobin level of Deep Decompression Profile, the pre-dive mean count was 7.594 × 10
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15.3 g/dL. The difference in standard deviation for both profiles ± 1.36 × 10 , and the post-dive mean count was 8 × 10 ± 1.55 × 10 3
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resulted in statistically significant differences. For the shallow
decompression profile, the pre-dive standard deviation was
1.34 g/dL and the post-dive standard deviation was 1.42 g/dL; for triggered by the sympathetic branch of the ANS. The balance
the deep decompression profile, the pre- and post-dive standard between these opposing forces acts on the vascular smooth
deviations were 1.40 g/dL muscle cells to maintain vessel tone [36]. The disturbance of
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