Numerous clinical studies have shown that type-II diabetics have higher systolic and diastolic viscosity than healthy non-diabetic people.
Patients with metabolic syndrome have higher viscosity than those without, and viscosity scores can predict incident diabetes in initially non-diabetic adults.
In a study of 128 obese patients (BMI > 28 kg/m2) and 90 non-obese healthy controls, diastolic blood viscosity was 15% higher in obese vs. non-obese patients. The report published in the International Journal of Obesity stated: “Blood viscosity is abnormal in obese patients with normal lipid parameters …the degree of obesity influences blood rheology.”
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