There is 1 paper on RBC deformability index in aging research: none in people yet, 1 in animals.
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upin rats1
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Chronological age
upin rats1
Chronological age increases RBC deformability index in rats.
“The RBC deformability index also significantly increases, indicating a decline in cell deformability.”
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Blood Rheological Properties in Rats of Different Ages
Journal of Evolutionary Biochemistry and Physiology
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Blood Rheological Properties in Rats of Different Ages
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The Journal of Nutrition
Vegetable oils high in phytosterols make erythrocytes less deformable and shorten the life span of stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats
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