RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Plasma fibrinogen and plasminogen levels in health and in ischaemic heart disease
JF Journal of Clinical Pathology
JO J Clin Pathol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Association of Clinical Pathologists
SP 352
OP 356
DO 10.1136/jcp.19.4.352
VO 19
IS 4
A1 C. M. Ogston
A1 D. Ogston
YR 1966
UL http://jcp.bmj.com/content/19/4/352.abstract
AB Plasma fibrinogen and plasminogen levels were measured in 122 male and 56 female healthy adult subjects and in 64 men with ischaemic heart disease. Plasma fibrinogen levels were found to rise markedly and progressively with age in both male and female healthy subjects; plasminogen showed only a slight rise with age. No sex differences were found for either fibrinogen or plasminogen. The correlation between plasminogen and fibrinogen levels was low, reaching the 5% level of significance only in men. Patients with ischaemic heart disease were found to have significantly increased fibrinogen and plasminogen levels in the 31-45 years age group only.