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The association of ferritin with cardiovascular and all-cause mortality in community-dwellers: The English longitudinal study of ageing

BACKGROUND: Ferritin constitutes a sensitive iron-storage index and multi-functional protein. Evidence on its association with mortality in general population is scarce and conflicting. We investigated the sex-specific associations of ferritin levels with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in a...

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Autores principales: Kadoglou, Nikolaos P. E., Biddulph, Jane P., Rafnsson, Snorri B., Trivella, Marialena, Nihoyannopoulos, Petros, Demakakos, Panayotes
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5462410/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28591160
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0178994