Table I.

Fitting parameters α and β for the velocity profiles of three test samples. ^{a, b}

	0.01 ml/h	0.05 ml/h	0.1 ml/h	0.5 ml/h	1 ml/h
RBCs in autologous plasma
α	0.167 ± 0.011	0.135 ± 0.011	0.131 ± 0.009	0.124 ± 0.006	0.107 ± 0.004
β	2.253 ± 0.034	2.217 ± 0.029	2.157 ± 0.025	2.130 ± 0.029	2.089 ± 0.031
RBCs in dextran-treated plasma
α	0.203 ± 0.011	0.158 ± 0.018	0.150 ± 0.005	0.132 ± 0.006	0.123 ± 0.008
β	2.398 ± 0.043	2.284 ± 0.019	2.225 ± 0.023	2.188 ± 0.031	2.116 ± 0.036
RBCs in PBS
α	0.094 ± 0.009	0.093 ± 0.008	0.090 ± 0.003	0.095 ± 0.009	0.092 ± 0.006
β	2.049 ± 0.014	2.009 ± 0.014	2.012 ± 0.012	2.040 ± 0.032	2.023 ± 0.026

^aα and β indicate the scale factor and bluntness index, respectively.

^bEach value represents mean ±95% confidence interval (n = 3).