대한의생명과학회지 (Biomedical Science Letters)
- 제14권4호
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- Pages.275-281
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- 2008
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- 1738-3226(pISSN)
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- 2288-7415(eISSN)
Elevation Factors of Fibrinogen in the Elderly Koreans
- 이미화 (진주보건대학 임상병리학과)
- Lee, Mi-Hwa (Department of Clinical Pathology, Jinju Health College)
- 발행 : 2008.12.31
초록
Plasma fibrinogen is risk factor of vascular disease including stroke, ischemic heart disease, atherosclerosis and thrombosis. Many studies have confirmed that high plasma fibrinogen levels are related with age, obesity, cholesterol, alcohol consumption, and genotype. This study was carried out to investigate the effect of fibrinogen genotype and other characteristics on the plasma fibrinogen levels in the elderly Koreans. For this study the blood samples were collected from 178 healthy elderly Koreans (102 males and 76 females,