Plasma Fibrinogen and Coronary Heart Disease in Urban Japanese
The current study investigated the relation of plasma fibrinogen concentration to the risk of coronary heart disease in Asians, including Japanese, whose plasma fibrinogen concentration has been reported to be low by Western standards. The prospective study had 4.8 years of follow-up of close to a total of 12,000 men and women aged between 21 and 89 years. All participants were living or working in Osaka, Japan, between 1990 and 1996. The subjects were population-based samples of 7,261 men aged 30 years and over who worked for eight industrial companies in Osaka Prefecture, and 4,973 men and women aged 20 years and over who lived in Yao City in Osaka Prefecture, Japan.
Study design
Cohort - occupational
Number of participants at first data collection
11,977 (participants)
Age at first data collection
21 - 89 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
1990
Primary Institutions
Osaka International Cancer Institute (大阪国際がんセンター, OICI)
Links
No website available
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Japan Heart Foundation
Ongoing?
No
Data types collected
- Interview – face-to-face
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- None
- None
- None
Engagement
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