Article
Fibrinogen plasma levels in an apparently healthy general population--relation to environmental and genetic determinants.
Thrombosis and haemostasis - 1 Nov 1998
Margaglione M, Cappucci G, Colaizzo D, Pirro L, Vecchione G, Grandone E, Di Minno G
Abstract excerpt
Elevated fibrinogen levels are an independent risk factor for cardiovascular ischemic disease. We investigated the relationship between cardiovascular ischemic risk factors, the fibrinogen Bbeta-chain G/A(-455) polymorphism and plasma fibrinogen levels in 989 apparently healthy subjects. Fibrinog...
Topics
- Adult
- Age Factors
- Aged
- Alcohol Drinking
- Alleles
- Body Mass Index
- Female
- Fibrinogen
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Italy
- Life Style
- Lipids
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Myocardial Ischemia
- Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor 1
- Polymorphism, Genetic
