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Red Blood Cells contain hemoglobin, which carries oxygen. Each cell can only carry so much, so if there is a shortage, then the cardiovascular performance of the body will suffer.
because oxygen is been transported by the red pigment in the red blood cell,so few red blood cell would result in a deduction of the oxygen in the heamoglobin

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