Cardiovascular risk is influenced by a variety of factors such as low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), inflammation, smoking, and exercise, among many others. Together, these factors affect blood viscosity and ultimately, cardiovascular risk. In this section you can view scientific abstracts highlighting the relationships between a wide variety of factors and blood viscosity. 

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A 

Antithrombin III 

Albumin 

Apolipoprotein A-I (apo A-I) 

Apolipoprotein B (ApoB) 

Adjusted whole blood viscosity (or hematocrit-corrected blood viscosity, normalized for Hct) 

B 

Blood glucose 

C 

C-reactive protein (CRP) 

Chylomicrons 

D 

E 

Echinocytes 

Erythrocyte aggregation (RBC aggregation) 

Erythrocyte deformability 

Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) 

F 

Fibrinogen 

Flow velocity 

G

H 

Hematocrit (Hct) (or packed cell volume PCV, erythrocyte volume fraction EVF) Hemoglobin (Hgb) 

High-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) 

I 

Immunoglobulin A 

Immunoglobulin G 

Immunoglobulins (unspecified) 

Inflammation 

J 

K 

L 

Lipids 

Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) 

M 

Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC) 

Mean corpuscular volume (MCV) (or mean cell volume, mean erythrocyte volume) N 

O 

P 

P-selectin 

Peripheral vascular resistance 

Plasma osmolality 

Plasma proteins 

Plasma viscosity (PV) 

Plasminogen 

Plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) 

Platelet activation 

Platelet aggregation 

Platelet factor 4 (PF4) 

Platelets (or thrombocytes) 

Q 

R 

Red blood cell count (RBC count) 

Red blood cell distribution width (RDW) 

Red cell filterability 

Rouleaux 

S 

Serum viscosity 

Shear rate 

Shear stress (or wall shear stress WSS, endothelial shear stress ESS, vascular shear stress) Sickle cell

T 

Total cholesterol 

Total cholesteroliglycerides 

Triglyceride-rich lipoprotein (TRL) 

Triglycerides 

Troponin 

Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFα) 

U 

V 

Very low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (VLDL-C) 

Very low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (VLDL-C)throcyte aggregation (RBC aggregation) 

W 

White blood cells (WBC) (or leukocytes) 

Whole blood filterability (WBF) 

Whole blood viscosity (WBV) 

X 

Y 

Yield stress 

Z