Central obesity and smoking are key modifiable risk factors for elevated C-reactive protein in Asian individuals who are not eligible for statin therapy

OBJECTIVE: Statin therapy reduces coronary heart disease (CHD) and mortality in individuals with elevated C-reactive protein (CRP) but low-density lipoprotein cholesterol below the threshold at which statin therapy is recommended. We determined the proportion of individuals with elevated CRP in whom...

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Autores principales: Khoo, C M, Tan, M, Wu, Y, Wai, C H, Subramaniam, T, Lee, J, Tai, E S
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3302134/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23154530
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nutd.2011.4

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3302134/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23154530
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nutd.2011.4

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