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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 21.
Published in final edited form as: J Theor Biol. 2014 Feb 20;351:1–8. doi: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2014.02.009

Table 1.

Previous theoretical estimates of DLO2 and DMO2 (ml O2 min−1 mmHg−1).

Authors DMO2 DLO2 Notes
Gehr et al. (1978) 553–586 125–263 Morphometric method
Weibel et al. (2005) 350 158 Morphometric method
Federspiel (1989) 135 Discrete spherical erythrocytes (HD = 0.237)
Frank et al. (1997) 112–199 93–185 Axisymmetric, parachute erythrocytes, [Fig. 2] DRBC = 2.4 × 10−5 cm2/s, blood volume 162.8 ml
Foucquier et al. (2013) 86–145 Biconcave erythrocytes (HD = 0.45)