Long-term influence of fibrinogen on initial and recurrent cardiovascular events in men and women.
Examination of the long-term relation of a single fibrinogen determination to initial and recurrent atherosclerotic cardiovascular events over 20 years of follow-up revealed a powerful and comparably independent impact on initial events in both sexes but an influence on recurrent events only in men.
Kannel
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Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Framingham Heart Study, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
D'Agostino
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Belanger
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AJ
Sibershatz
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Tofler
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GT
D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000097:blood* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D005340:Fibrinogen / Q000032:analysis*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008404:Massachusetts / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D012008:Recurrence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D013997:Time Factors
D005340:Fibrinogen