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We have studied rheological properties of blood (viscosity, concentration of erythrocytes, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, prothrombin index, and fibrinogen and lipid concentration) in healthy men and women at the age of 1 to 75 years. We have found an increase in blood viscosity from childhood to adult age. Blood viscosity decreased in elderly men; but it progressively increased with age in women. Three age groups have been distinguished: (1) from infancy to childhood (3.6 ± 0.07 mPa s regardless of age); (2) from adolescence to the adult age (5.1 ± 0.06 mPa s in men and 4.3 ± 0.05 mPa s in women); (3) elderly and old age (4.7 ± 0.13 mPa s in men and 4.4 ± 0.09 mPa s in women). In adult subjects, blood viscosity values were significantly different in men and women (p < 0.001). There were also sex-related differences in determination coefficients of the relationship between blood viscosity and the concentration of erythrocytes (R 2M = 0.41, p < 0.001; R 2F = 0.35, p < 0.001) and viscosity and cholesterol level (R 2M = 0.47, p < 0.001; R 2F = 0.68, p < 0.001). The factor analysis has shown that blood viscosity depends on the concentration of erythrocytes by 28%, fibrinogen level by 23%, and cholesterol level by 20%.
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Original Russian Text © O.V. Filatova, A.A. Sidorenko, S.A. Agarkova, 2015, published in Fiziologiya Cheloveka, 2015, Vol. 41, No. 4, pp. 110–118.
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Filatova, O.V., Sidorenko, A.A. & Agarkova, S.A. Effects of age and sex on rheological properties of blood. Hum Physiol 41, 437–443 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0362119715030044
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