Atherosclerosis

"Sticky" Blood May Underlie Development of Early Blood Vessel Damage in Men

Published in Blood Weekly, May 4th, 1998

The stickier, or more viscous, a man's blood is, the greater his risk of developing the kind of blood vessel damage that can eventually lead to a heart attack or stroke, reported a study published in the April 21, 1998, issue of Circulation, a journal of the American Heart Association.

The increased risk does not hold true for women, which may shed light on why males tend to develop heart disease and suffer strokes at a younger age than females, said lead author Amanda J. Lee, PhD, research statistician at the University of Edinburgh Medical School, Scotland.

The study is the first to link blood stickiness to the early development of atherosclerosis,...

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