Does High C-reactive Protein Concentration Increase Atherosclerosis? The Whitehall II Study

BACKGROUND: C-reactive protein (CRP), a marker of systemic inflammation, is associated with risk of coronary events and sub-clinical measures of atherosclerosis. Evidence in support of this link being causal would include an association robust to adjustments for confounders (multivariable standard r...

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Autores principales: Kivimäki, Mika, Lawlor, Debbie A., Davey Smith, George, Kumari, Meena, Donald, Ann, Britton, Annie, Casas, Juan P., Shah, Tina, Brunner, Eric, Timpson, Nicholas J., Halcox, Julian P. J., Miller, Michelle A., Humphries, Steve E., Deanfield, John, Marmot, Michael G., Hingorani, Aroon D.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2008
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2507732/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18714381
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0003013

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2507732/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18714381
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0003013

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