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Am J Epidemiol 2003; 157:664-665.
Copyright © 2003 by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

RE: "INCREASED FIBRINOGEN LEVELS AMONG SOUTH ASIANS VERSUS WHITES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM ARE NOT EXPLAINED BY COMMON POLYMORPHISMS"

Colin Fischbacher and Raj Bhopal

Public Health Sciences, The University of Edinburgh Medical School, Edinburgh EH8 9AG Scotland

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Kain et al. (1) studied fibrinogen in South Asians. We question their observation that fibrinogen levels are higher in South Asian than comparison White populations and their statement that "elevated fibrinogen levels may be contributing to the increased risk of cardiovascular disease in South Asians" (1, p. 178).

Kain et al.’s paper (1) cites four studies as evidence that fibrinogen levels are higher in . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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