Gender differences in the association between C-reactive protein, lung function impairment, and COPD

Individuals with COPD have systemic inflammation that can be assessed by measuring C-reactive protein (CRP). In this paper we evaluated whether CRP is related to COPD, lung function and rate of lung function decline. We included 1237 randomly selected subjects (mean age 42, range 28–56 years) from t...

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Autores principales: Ólafsdóttir, Inga Sif, Gíslason, Thórarinn, Thjóđleifsson, Bjarni, Ólafsson, Ísleifur, Gíslason, Davíd, Jõgi, Rain, Janson, Christer
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2699969/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18268938

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