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C-Reactive Protein, Interleukin-6, and Soluble Adhesion Molecules as Predictors of Progressive Peripheral Atherosclerosis in the General Population
Author(s) -
Ioanna Tzoulaki,
Gordon D. Murray,
Dean A. Lee,
Ann Rumley,
G. D. O. Lowe,
F. G. R. Fowkes
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.104.513085
Subject(s) - medicine , c reactive protein , peripheral , population , arterial disease , cohort , vascular disease , cell adhesion molecule , cardiology , gastroenterology , inflammation , immunology , environmental health
The relationship between levels of circulating inflammatory markers and risk of progressive atherosclerosis is relatively undetermined. We therefore studied inflammatory markers as predictors of peripheral atherosclerotic progression, measured by the ankle-brachial index (ABI) at 3 consecutive time points over 12 years.

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