TY - JOUR
T1 - The association between birth weight and plasma fibrinogen is abolished after the elimination of genetic influences
AU - IJzerman, R.G.
AU - Stehouwer, C.D.A.
AU - de Geus, E.J.C.
AU - Kluft, C.
AU - Boomsma, D.I.
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - Low birth weight is associated with an increased risk of atherothrombosis, which may be related in part to the association between low birth weight and high plasma fibrinogen. The association between birth weight and fibrinogen may be explained by intrauterine, socio-economic or genetic factors. We examined birth weight and fibrinogen in 52 dizygotic and 56 adolescent monozygotic (genetically identical) twin pairs. The dizygotic but not the monozygotic twins with the lowest birth weight from each pair had a fibrinogen level that was higher compared with their co-twins with the highest birth weight [dizygotic twins: 2.62±0.46 g L
AB - Low birth weight is associated with an increased risk of atherothrombosis, which may be related in part to the association between low birth weight and high plasma fibrinogen. The association between birth weight and fibrinogen may be explained by intrauterine, socio-economic or genetic factors. We examined birth weight and fibrinogen in 52 dizygotic and 56 adolescent monozygotic (genetically identical) twin pairs. The dizygotic but not the monozygotic twins with the lowest birth weight from each pair had a fibrinogen level that was higher compared with their co-twins with the highest birth weight [dizygotic twins: 2.62±0.46 g L
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U2 - 10.1046/j.1538-7836.2003.00002.x
DO - 10.1046/j.1538-7836.2003.00002.x
M3 - Article
SN - 1538-7933
VL - 1
SP - 239
EP - 242
JO - Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis
JF - Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis
IS - 2
ER -
