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’s coefficient of 0.88 ( P < 0.001) suggests a strong positive relationship. As portrayed in Table II , the Spearman’s correlation analysis also showed a significant positive correlation between BMI and hemoglobin (correlation coefficient = 0.127, P = 0.013). A slightly less but also significant correlation occurred between BMI and hematocrit (0.105, P = 0.040). There were negative correlations among living altitude, total flight time, and flight time per week against both hematological parameters, though none were statistically significant. Table II. Correlations

mass index (BMI; kg · m −2 ) were taken with the examination technique recommended by the World Health Organization 30 by trained nurses at the Exercise Physiology Laboratory. Also collected were 12-h fasting blood samples from the median cubital or median antebrachial vein, which were processed with the Cobas C-501 (Roche Diagnostics, Indianapolis, IN, USA) on the same day of the exam to grant the aeromedical certificate. The laboratory results, including serum glucose, creatinine, cholesterol, HDL, triglycerides, LDL, complete blood count, and glomerular