Abstract
Blood rheology measurement (whole blood viscosity, plasma viscosity, erythrocyte viscosity, hematocrit and fibrinogen) total cholesterol and triglycerides, were performed in 168 obese children (84 males and 84 females) and in 86 non obese children (45 males and 41 females) .
In 25 obese children (13 males and 12 females) submitted to a hypocaloric diet (1300–1400 kcalories) the same laboratory tests were performed after two months. Our data show that, in a large sample of obese children, the erythrocyte deformability does not differ from non obese children.
Hemorheological alterations of obese children (whole blood viscosity, plasma viscosity, haematocrit and fibrinogen) are not affected by slimming.
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