## 3 Results
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\begin{tabular}{c c c c c c c} \hline \hline  & & \begin{tabular}{c} **Men’s Soccer** \\ **Players** \\ \end{tabular} & \begin{tabular}{c} **Women’s Soccer** \\ **Players** \\ \end{tabular} & **Sex Effect** & \begin{tabular}{c} **Time** \\ **Effect** \\ \end{tabular} & **Sex \(\times\) Time** \\ \hline \multirow{3}{*}{\begin{tabular}{c} Mn Plasma \\ (\(\mu\)g/L) \\ \end{tabular} } & 1 st assessment & 3.05 \(\pm\) 1.48 & 0.94 \(\pm\) 0.43 & \multirow{3}{*}{0.001 \#} & \multirow{3}{*}{0.182 \$} & \multirow{3}{*}{0.061} \\  & 2 nd assessment & 2.00 \(\pm\) 0.30 & 1.32 \(\pm\) 0.28 & & & \\ \cline{1-1}  & 3 rd assessment & 1.69 \(\pm\) 0.55 & 2.05 \(\pm\) 0.49 & & & \\ \hline \multirow{3}{*}{\begin{tabular}{c} Mn Urine \\ (\(\mu\)g/L) \\ \end{tabular} } & 1 st assessment & 0.228 \(\pm\) 0.196 & 0.088 \(\pm\) 0.185 & \multirow{3}{*}{0.005 \#} & \multirow{3}{*}{\(<\)0.001 \#} & \multirow{3}{*}{0.055 \$} \\  & 2 nd assessment & 0.565 \(\pm\) 0.102 ** & & & & \\ \cline{1-1}  & 3 rd assessment & 0.421 \(\pm\) 0.197 ++ & 0.433 \(\pm\) 0.261 ++ & & & \\ \hline \multirow{3}{*}{\begin{tabular}{c} Mn Erythrocyte \\ absolute \\ (\(\mu\)g/L) \\ \end{tabular} } & 1 st assessment & 40.40 \(\pm\) 12.60 & 65.45 \(\pm\) 24.78 & \multirow{3}{*}{0.002 \#} & \multirow{3}{*}{0.007 \#} & \multirow{3}{*}{0.150} \\  & 2 nd assessment & 50.95 \(\pm\) 7.52 ** & & & \\ \cline{1-1}  & 3 rd assessment & 44.56 \(\pm\) 5.22 ** & 47.01 \(\pm\) 5.76 ++ & & & \\ \hline \multirow{3}{*}{\begin{tabular}{c} Mn Erythrocyte \\ relative \\ (pg/cell-6) \\ \end{tabular} } & 1 st assessment & 8.60 \(\pm\) 2.57 & 15.46 \(\pm\) 5.39 & \multirow{3}{*}{0.019 \#} & \multirow{3}{*}{0.019 \$} & \multirow{3}{*}{0.079 \$} \\  & 2 nd assessment & 10.99 \(\pm\) 1.59 & 13.15 \(\pm\) 2.21 & & \\ \cline{1-1}  & 3 rd assessment & 9.27 \(\pm\) 1.16 ++ & & & \\ \hline \multirow{3}{*}{\
\begin{tabular}{c} Mn platelets \\ absolute \\ (\(\mu\)g/L) \\ \end{tabular} } & 1 st assessment & 10.01 \(\pm\) 4.26 & 15.25 \(\pm\) 13.98 & \multirow{3}{*}{0.245} & \multirow{3}{*}{0.037 \#} & \multirow{3}{*}{0.079 \#} \\  & 2 nd assessment & 12.37 \(\pm\) 3.37 & 13.20 \(\pm\) 3.47 & & \\ \cline{1-1}  & 3 rd assessment & 13.21 \(\pm\) 2.48 ++ & & & \\ \hline \multirow{3}{*}{
\begin{tabular}{c} Mn platelets \\ relative \\ (pg/cell-3) \\ \end{tabular} } & 1 st assessment & 0.071 \(\pm\) 0.025 & 0.079 \(\pm\) 0.059 & \multirow{3}{*}{0.256} & \multirow{3}{*}{\(<\)0.001 \#} & \multirow{3}{*}{0.132} \\  & 2 nd assessment & 0.065 \(\pm\) 0.022 ** & & & \\ \cline{1-1}  & 3 rd assessment & 0.071 \(\pm\) 0.031 & 0.54 \(\pm\) 0.022 & & \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}  
* \(\#\): large effect size (\(>\)0.14); \(\$\$\): moderate effect size (0.6–0.14); \(\star\)\(p\leq 0.01\) differences between 1 st and 2 nd assessment; \(\star\)\(+\)\(p\leq 0.01\) differences between 1 st and 3 rd assessment; \(\star\)\(p\leq 0.01\) differences between 2 nd and 3 rd assessment; Mn: manganese; Mo: molybdenum.  
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Table 5: Mn concentrations in the compartments evaluated throughout the study in the two study groups. specific differences were observed between assessment 1 and 3 and assessment 2 and 3 (\(p\leq 0.05\)). Finally, with respect to intraplatelet Mn concentrations, differences were observed throughout the season (\(p\leq 0.05\)). Differences were found between assessments 1 and 3 expressed in absolute values, and between assessments 1 and 2 expressed in relative values (\(p\leq 0.01\)). Table 6 shows the data on Mo concentrations in the extracellular and intracellular matrices. Men's soccer players showed higher plasma and urinary concentrations (\(p<0.05\)). Urinary and plasma Mo concentrations decreased and increased, respectively, at the end of the study (\(p<0.05\)). For intracellular concentrations in both platelets and erythrocytes, differences were observed across assessments (\(p\leq 0.05\)). Differences in erythrocyte Mo concentrations were found between assessments 1 and 2, 1 and 3, as well as assessments 2 and 3 (\(p\leq 0.01\)).