Associations between fibrinogen levels and the risk of cardiovascular disease and all-cause death: a cohort study from the Chin-Shan community in Taiwan.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Although several studies have investigated the association between fibrinogen level and the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), few studies have been conducted in Asia.

Setting

We conducted a community-based prospective cohort study in the Chin-Shan community, Taiwan.

Participants

A total of 2222 participants (54.6±11.9 years, 53.4% women, and 22.4 years of follow-up) who underwent plasma fibrinogen measurements and were without CVD at baseline were recruited, among which 735 participants with available C reactive protein (CRP) were included in the joint analysis of the association of fibrinogen and CRP levels with the risk of CVD.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Fibrinogen and CRP levels were measured by clotting and high-sensitivity immuno

SUBMITTER: Hsieh CT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8977805 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature