title: The relationship between circulating fibrinogen and lipoprotein (a) levels in patients with primary dyslipidemia.
abstract: The correlation between 2 predictors of vascular events, plasma fibrinogen and serum lipoprotein (a), was evaluated in patients referred to a specialist clinic because of primary hyperlipidemia. A significant correlation existed between fibrinogen and lipoprotein (a) in nonsmokers but not in smokers. Plasma fibrinogen concentration correlated positively and significantly with serum lipoprotein (a) levels in men nonsmokers without cardiovascular disease and in women nonsmokers with cardiovascular disease. Nonsmoker women without cardiovascular disease had significantly higher plasma fibrinogen (3.63 g/L versus 3.07 g/L, P < .0001) than the corresponding men. Nonsmoker women with and without cardiovascular disease had significantly higher lipoprotein (a) levels than the corresponding groups of men (0.36 versus 0.18 g/L; P = .0015 and 0.40 versus 0.26 g/L; P = .008), respectively. The relationship between fibrinogen and lipoprotein (a) levels alters markedly depending on the population selected. This relationship is influenced by gender, the presence of cardiovascular disease and smoking status.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Vascular Disease Prevention Clinics), Royal Free Hospital Hampstead NHS Trust and Royal Free and University College Medical School, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Emmanuel S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Ganotakis
authors.forename: Irene F
authors.initials: IF
authors.lastname: Gazi
authors.forename: John A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Papadakis
authors.forename: I Anita
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Jagroop
authors.forename: Devaki R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Nair
authors.forename: Dimitri P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Mikhailidis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D050171:Dyslipidemias / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D005340:Fibrinogen / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D017270:Lipoprotein(a) / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D017270:Lipoprotein(a); D005340:Fibrinogen