Haemostatic variables and their relationship to body mass index and blood pressure in adult Nigerians with the sickle cell trait

Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 89-94

  Awodu, O A ^a   Famodu, A A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

BMI; Haemostatic variables; Sickle cell trait

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7; FIBRINOGEN; HEMOGLOBIN A;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RACE DIFFERENCE; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SICKLE CELL TRAIT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; FACTOR VII; FIBRINOGEN; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOSTASIS; HUMANS; MALE; NIGERIA; RISK FACTORS; SICKLE CELL TRAIT;

EID: 33846093816     PISSN: 13860291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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