Prospective Study of High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein as a Determinant of Mortality: Results from the MONICA/KORA Augsburg Cohort Study, 1984–1998 | Zendy

Wolfgang Köenig | Zendy; Natalie Khuseyinova | Zendy; Jens Baumert | Zendy; Christa Meisinger | Zendy

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Prospective Study of High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein as a Determinant of Mortality: Results from the MONICA/KORA Augsburg Cohort Study, 1984–1998

Author(s) -

Wolfgang Köenig,

Natalie Khuseyinova,

Jens Baumert,

Christa Meisinger

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

clinical chemistry

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.705

H-Index - 218

eISSN - 1530-8561

pISSN - 0009-9147

DOI - 10.1373/clinchem.2007.100271

Subject(s) - prospective cohort study , medicine , cohort , c reactive protein , cohort study , gerontology , demography , inflammation , sociology

C-reactive protein (CRP), an exquisitely sensitive systemic marker of inflammation, has emerged as an independent predictor of cardiovascular diseases (CVD). Because other chronic diseases are also associated with an inflammatory response, we sought to assess the association of high-sensitivity CRP (hsCRP) with total and cause-specific mortality in a large cohort of middle-aged men.

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