Article
Polymorphisms of the beta fibrinogen gene and plasma fibrinogen concentration in Caucasian and Japanese population samples.
Thrombosis and haemostasis - 1 Jan 1995
Iso H, Folsom A R, Winkelmann J C, Koike K, Harada S, Greenberg B, Sato S, Shimamoto T, Iida M, Komachi Y
Abstract excerpt
We reported previously that plasma fibrinogen was significantly higher in U.S. Caucasians than in Japanese, which may contribute to the higher mortality rate of coronary heart disease in the United States than in Japan. To examine the contribution of genetic variations to the race difference in p...
Topics
- Aged
- Alleles
- Asian People
- Base Sequence
- Body Mass Index
- Coronary Disease
- Diet
- Disease Susceptibility
- Estrogen Replacement Therapy
- Female
- Fibrinogen
- Gene Frequency
- Genes
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genotype