title: Changes in blood rheology of grossly obese individuals during a very low calorie diet.
abstract: A group of grossly obese individuals were put on a 300 kcal diet for 15 days. Blood rheology was quantified by measuring blood and plasma viscosity, haematocrit, red cell aggregation and deformability, fibrinogen and ESR. After 15 days blood viscosity had decreased and red cell deformability increased. The results suggest that the rheological deficit in obesity can be partly normalized by low calorie diets.
authors.affiliation: Dept of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, MHH, Hannover, FR Germany.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ernst
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Weihmayr
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Matrai
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Resch
mesh_terms: D001809:Blood Viscosity; D004038:Diet, Reducing; D002149:Energy Intake; D004907:Erythrocyte Deformability; D006801:Humans; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000097:blood / Q000178:diet therapy*; D012212:Rheology