Haematocrit-SBP nexus: Possible age and obesity intervention

In view of marked senescence-perpetrated decrements and deficiencies in late age, the present cross-sectional study was carried out in senile human subjects to assess the possible effect of advancing age and increasing obesity on Haematocrit and Systolic Blood Pressure, haematologic parameters with marked pathophysiologic manifestations. Statistically significant and more pronounced variations in the late age segment under overweight and obese subcategories with significant intra-correlations could be thought suggestive of lowered plasma volume-induced raised blood viscosity as one of the probable determinants of raised Systolic Hypertension with wide cardiovascular implications.