Shear-dependent blood viscosity.

<p><b>A:</b> Whole blood viscosity (μ_wb). <b>B:</b> Relative viscosity (μ_rel) to plasma viscosity (μ_pl) before and after dextran infusion at 35°C (<i>n</i> = 10). The solid lines represent curve fittings by the power-law model (<math><mi>μ</mi><mo>=</mo><mi>m</mi><mrow><mrow><mi>γ</mi></mrow><mo>˙</mo></mrow><mrow><mi>n</mi><mo>−</mo><mn>1</mn></mrow></math>). (μ_{wb, before}: <i>m</i> = 18.87, <i>n</i> = 0.75, <i>R</i>² = 0.79; μ_{wb, after}: <i>m</i> = 43.88, <i>n</i> = 0.60, <i>R</i>² = 0.91; μ_{rel, before}: <i>m</i> = 15.67 <i>n</i> = 0.75, <i>R</i>² = 0.79; μ_{rel, after}: <i>m</i> = 28.86, <i>n</i> = 0.60, <i>R</i>² = 0.91) (* <i>P</i> < 0.001, ** <i>P</i> < 0.0001).