Cardiovascular Disease

New cardiovascular disease study findings recently were published by researchers at National Heart, Lung, & Blood Institute

Published in Cardiovascular Business Week, February 12th, 2008

According to recent research published in the American Journal of Medicine, "It is uncertain to what extent high C-reactive protein (CRP) concentrations reflect the presence of inflammatory conditions in the community. We evaluated 3782 Framingham Offspring Study participants (mean age 55 years; 52% women) free of baseline cardiovascular disease."

"Logistic regression models examined the prevalence of common inflammatory conditions by CRP categories, while a separate matched case-referent analysis evaluated the prevalence of uncommon inflammatory conditions. Cox models were used to assess the influence of common inflammatory conditions on relations between CRP...

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Source: Cardiovascular Business Week (2008-02-12)

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