Relationships of blood pressure to fibrinolysis: influence of anthropometry, metabolic profile and behavioural variables

Objective: To investigate the relationship between blood pressure and the plasma fibrinolytic system and to verify whether this association was independent or mediated by one or more potential confounding factor. Design: A random sample of 94 males aged 38 years subdivided into normotensives, hypertensives and those hypertensives with the highest blood pressure values. Methods: Overall and regional obesity, blood lipids, fasting and 2-h...