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Koenig, W.* ; Sund, M. ; Filipiak, B. ; Döring, A. ; Löwel, H. ; Ernst, E.*

Plasma viscosity and the risk of coronary heart disease: Results from the MONICA-Augsburg cohort study, 1984 to 1992.

Arterioscler. Thromb. Vasc. Biol. 18, 768-772 (1998)
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Plasma viscosity is determined by various macromolecules, eg, fibrinogen, immunoglobulins, and lipoproteins. It may therefore reflect several aspects involved in cardiovascular diseases, including the effects of classic risk factors, hemostatic disturbances, and inflammation. We examined the association of plasma viscosity with the incidence of a first major coronary heart disease event (CHD; fatal and nonfatal myocardial infarction and cardiac death; n=50) in 933 men aged 45 to 64 years of the MONICA project of Augsburg, Germany. The incidence rate was 7.23 per 1000 person-years (95% confidence interval [CI], 5.37 to 9.53), and the subjects were followed up for 8 years. All suspected cases of an incident CHD event were classified according to the MONICA protocol. There was a positive and statistically significant unadjusted relationship between plasma viscosity and the incidence of CHD. The relative risk of CHD events associated with a 1-SD increase in plasma viscosity (0.070 mPa x s) was 1.60 (95% CI, 1.25 to 2.03). After adjustment for age, total cholesterol, high density lipoprotein cholesterol, smoking, blood pressure, and body mass index, the relative risk was reduced only moderately (1.42; 95% CI, 1.09 to 1.86). The relative risk of CHD events for men in the highest quintile of the plasma viscosity distribution in comparison with the lowest quintile was 3.31 (95% CI, 1.19 to 9.25) after adjustment for the aforementioned variables. A large proportion of events (40%) occurred among men in the highest quintile. These findings suggest that plasma viscosity may have considerable potential to identify subjects at risk for CHD events.
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Publikationstyp Artikel: Journalartikel
Dokumenttyp Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
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Schlagwörter viscosity; plasma; coronary heart disease; incidence; prospective studies; FIBRINOGEN; BLOOD; SPEEDWELL; RHEOLOGY; PROJECT
ISSN (print) / ISBN 1079-5642
e-ISSN 1524-4636
Zeitschrift Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology
Quellenangaben Band: 18, Heft: 5, Seiten: 768-772 Artikelnummer: , Supplement: ,
Verlag Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Nichtpatentliteratur Publikationen
Begutachtungsstatus Peer reviewed
Institut(e) Institute of Epidemiology (EPI)
Department for Medical Information Systems (MEDIS)
Institute of Health Economics and Health Care Management (IGM)