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Cardiology
Global measurements of inflammatory markers forecast heart disease risk in women
January 26th, 2006
Global measurements of inflammatory markers forecast heart disease risk in women. "Measurement of C-reactive protein (CRP), a marker of inflammation, is recommended to improve cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk stratification. However, no studies have collectively evaluated how inflammatory markers cluster empirically and relate to angiographic coronary artery disease and CVD events," scientists writing in the American Heart Journal report. "From the Women's Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation study, 580 women with fasting plasma samples of inflammatory markers (interleukin [IL]-6, IL-18, tumor necrosis factor alpha, transforming growth factor beta,...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2006-01-26)
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