Blood samples from eight healthy, fasting Japanese volunteers (6 men and 2 women with a mean age of 41.50 ± 13.53 years) were collected, as previously described [9 (link),10 (link)]. The body mass indexes of the participants were unknown, but their general health was good. None of the volunteers had taken drugs, including antithrombotic drugs, within two weeks of the study. Blood samples were collected from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. in plastic tubes containing 3.2% sodium citrate (Terumo Co., Tokyo, Japan).
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