Circulating Total Bilirubin and Risk of Incident Cardiovascular Disease in the General Population
Author(s) -
Setor K. Kunutsor,
Stephan J. L. Bakker,
Ronald T. Gansevoort,
Rajiv Chowdhury,
Robin P. F. Dullaart
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
arteriosclerosis thrombosis and vascular biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.007
H-Index - 270
eISSN - 1524-4636
pISSN - 1079-5642
DOI - 10.1161/atvbaha.114.304929
Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , confidence interval , bilirubin , prospective cohort study , population , relative risk , gastroenterology , environmental health
To assess the association of circulating total bilirubin and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in a new prospective study and to determine whether adding information on total bilirubin values to established cardiovascular risk factors is associated with improvement in prediction of CVD risk.
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