Open AccessC-Reactive Protein and the 10-Year Incidence of Coronary Heart Disease in Older Men and Women
Author(s) -
Mary Cushman,
Alice M. Arnold,
Bruce M. Psaty,
Teri A. Manolio,
Lewis H. Kuller,
Gregory L. Burke,
Joseph F. Polak,
Russell P. Tracy
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.104.504159
Subject(s) - medicine , framingham risk score , c reactive protein , myocardial infarction , incidence (geometry) , population , risk factor , relative risk , framingham heart study , cardiology , disease , confidence interval , inflammation , physics , environmental health , optics
High C-reactive protein (CRP) is associated with increased coronary heart disease risk. Few long-term data in the elderly are available.
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