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Thanks for sharing our work! Do you mean evidence for increased thrombotic risk in regular blood donors? They don't allow blood donations frequently enough to allow for persistently decreased hematocrit / decreased iron stores. Hematocrit/Hb bounces back to normal within 1 to a couple of weeks...

I'm aware of the distinction made by some authors, especially in the field of hematology. Each to their own, personally I don't see the use of making the distinction in this context. Importantly, increased red cell mass measurements are rarely, if ever, performed in studies administering AAS -...

Hi there, I'm the lead author of the paper. Both terms may be used interchangeably as described by standard works, such as Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine. Some authors choose to make a distinction between them – in the field of hematology in particular – but we choose not to as it's...