Article
A genetic propensity to high factor VII is not associated with the risk of myocardial infarction in men.
Thrombosis and haemostasis - 1 Aug 1998
Doggen C J, Manger Cats V, Bertina R M, Reitsma P H, Vandenbroucke J P, Rosendaal F R
Abstract excerpt
Several studies have examined the relation between factor VII and coronary artery disease by measuring factor VII levels in plasma and some found an association between high levels and disease. This suffers problems of interpretation concerning the causality of high factor VII levels, because fac...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Antigens
- Arginine
- Case-Control Studies
- Factor VII
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genotype
- Glutamine
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Myocardial Infarction
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Risk Factors
