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164 Chapter 6 Figure 8. Purine (A) and free fatty acid (B) metabolism comparing RBCs stored for 2 days or 35 days RBCs in SAGM. The boxplots show metabolite levels in RBCs prior to transfusion. Line plots indicate the median with 25 th and 75 th percentile of metabolite levels over time in the recovered RBCs, up to one day after transfusion. * p<0.05, ** p<0.01, *** p<0.0001, NS not statistically significant may be the origin of the blood product, as we examined an autologous RBC transfu- sion. An allogeneic component could result in an increased clearance compared to an autologous transfusion. In a comparable study in healthy volunteers, which assessed