title: Long-term influence of fibrinogen on initial and recurrent cardiovascular events in men and women.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Framingham Heart Study, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: W B
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Kannel
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: D'Agostino
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Belanger
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sibershatz
authors.forename: G T
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Tofler
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D005340:Fibrinogen