Fig. 1.

Prevalence of WBV categories in sub-populations of CRP and ESR.CRP: C-reactive protein (mg/L), ESR: erythrocyte sedimentation rate (mm/Hr), WBV: whole blood viscosity (208 Sec-1).CRP data-set (n = 13,570) and ESR data-set (n = 36,991) were sorted data by descending levels of CRP and ESR respectively, and categorized into negative and positive subgroups. The subgroups were further sorted by WBV and distributed into low, normal and high group. The fractions of in each group were then transformed as per cent prevalence of different levels of WBV associated with the separate indices of acute phase inflammation.