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Influence of Socioeconomic Status and Job Control on Plasma Fibrinogen Responses to Acute Mental Stress

Andrew Steptoe, DPhil, Sabine Kunz-Ebrecht, PhD, Natalie Owen, PhD, Pamela J. Feldman, PhD, Ann Rumley, PhD, Gordon D. O. Lowe, MD and Michael Marmot, PhD

From the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London (A.S., S.K-E., N.O., P.J.F., M.M.), London, United Kingdom; and the Haemostasis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Medicine Unit, University Department of Medicine (A.R., G.D.O.L.), Glasgow, United Kingdom.



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Fig. 1. Mean levels of plasma fibrinogen (in g/liter) in men and women from baseline, stress, and recovery samples, divided into high (•), intermediate ({blacktriangleup}), and low ({blacksquare}) grade of employment groups. Error bars are SEM.

 


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Fig. 2. Mean changes in plasma fibrinogen (in g/liter) between baseline and stress samples in men and women reporting high or low job control. Error bars are SEM.

 





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