Nutritional status influences plasma fibrinogen concentration evidence from the THUSA survey

Thrombosis Research

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 383-394

  James, Santhamma ^a   Vorster, Hester H ^a   Venter, Christina S ^a   Kruger, H Salomé ^a   Nell, Theo A ^a   Veldman, Frederick J ^b   Ubbink, Johan B ^c  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b Department of Paramedical Sciences   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africans; Cardiovascular disease risk factors; Dietary fibre; Fibrinogen; HIV; Nutritional status; THUSA; Trans fatty acids

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; FATTY ACID; GLOBULIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; IRON; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PYRIDOXINE; TRANSFERRIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA; URBANIZATION;

EID: 0034212294     PISSN: 00493848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0049-3848(00)00197-3     Document Type: Article

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