What is the primary effect of a decrease in the hematocrit of elderly individuals?

a. reduction in the maximum cardiac output
b. damage to ventricular cardiac muscle fibers
c. lowering of the oxygen-carrying capacity of the blood
d. thrombus formation in the blood vessels


Ans: c. lowering of the oxygen-carrying capacity of the blood

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