C-reactive protein levels and coronary artery disease incidence and mortality in apparently healthy men and women: The EPIC-Norfolk prospective population study 1993–2003

S. Matthijs Boekholdt; C. Erik Hack; Manjinder S. Sandhu; Robert Luben; Sheila Bingham; Nicholas J. Wareham; Ron J.G. Peters; J. Wouter Jukema; Nicholas Day; John J.P. Kastelein; Kay‐Tee Khaw

doi:10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2005.09.023

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MedicineQuartileInternal medicineIncidence (geometry)Coronary artery diseaseProspective cohort studyFramingham Risk ScoreC-reactive proteinPopulationRisk factorOdds ratioCohortCardiologyDiseaseConfidence interval

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Year: 2005
Type: article
Volume: 187
Issue: 2
Pages: 415-422
Citations: 177
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                                    S. Matthijs Boekholdt, 
                                
                                    C. Erik Hack, 
                                
                                    Manjinder S. Sandhu
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2005). 
                            C-reactive protein levels and coronary artery disease incidence and mortality in apparently healthy men and women: The EPIC-Norfolk prospective population study 1993–2003. 
                            Atherosclerosis
                            , 187
                            (2)
                            , 415-422.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2005.09.023
                        

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DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2005.09.023