Flasma Fibrinogen Levels and Correlates Among Turkish Adults

Fibrinogen values were measured and associations of fibr inogen levels with several coronary risk factors were investigated in the 1599 men and women of the 2575 adults vis ited in the third follow-up of the TEKHARF cohort. Plasma fibrinogen was measured by Behring turbidometry and validation of the results in a sample were done in a reference laboratory. Median age was 46 for men and 48 for women, respectively. Fibrinogen concentrations w ere independent of age in women but increased with age in men (0.1 g/L for every 5 years; r=0.29, p