Plasma levels of fibrinogen and ambulatory blood pressure monitoring: study in elderly patients

Background Fibrinogen, the precursor of fibrin in the coagulation cascade, is also a protein of the acute phase of inflammation, and it is the major determinant of plasma viscosity, all risk factors involved in the genesis of atherosclerotic vascular disease. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between the fibrinogen plasma levels and blood pressure measured by ambulatory monitoring in 24 hours.