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Original Article

Red blood cell filterability in non-diabetic patients with chronic occlusive arterial disease

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Pages 189-191 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009
 

Abstract

One-hundred and fifty non-diabetic patients with stage II chronic oclusive arterial disease (COAD), were tested for red blood cell filterability (RBF). At the same time, glycaemia, uricaemia, plasma cholesterol and triglycerides, fibrinogen, haematocrit, and white blood cells (granulocytes and lymphocytes) count, mean corpuscular volume, were measured. Thirty healthy people, tested for the same biological parameters, were used as controls. RBF was performed, using the Reid & Dormandy technique, with the same batch of filters (Nucle-pore 5 μm, No. 54 A8 A25) for patients and controls. Filtration time was expressed in s.ml-1. Values obtained in patients (41.967 ± 0.889) were significantly different (P< 0.005) from controls (32.1 ± 1.329). RBF alteration was correlated (P<0.05) with white blood cells count, haematocrit and plasma fibrinogen values. No correlation was observed with other biological parameters.

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