Does sticky blood predict a sticky end? Associations of blood viscosity, haematocrit and fibrinogen with mortality in the West of Scotland

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 645-650

  Woodward, Mark ^a   Rumley, Ann ^b   Tunstall Pedoe, Hugh ^a   Lowe, Gordon D O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fibrinogen; Haematocrit; Heart disease; Mortality; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOCRIT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PLASMA VISCOSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND; SMOKING;

EID: 0043163745     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2003.04475.x     Document Type: Article

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