Chronic inflammatory diseases, subclinical atherosclerosis, and cardiovascular diseases: Design, objectives, and baseline characteristics of a prospective case-cohort study ‒ ELSA-Brasil

Chronic inflammatory diseases, subclinical atherosclerosis, and cardiovascular diseases: Design, objectives, and baseline characteristics of a prospective case-cohort study ‒ ELSA-Brasil

Abstract Objectives This analysis describes the protocol of a study with a case-cohort to design to prospectively evaluate the incidence of subclinical atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) in Chronic Inflammatory Disease (CID) participants compared to non-diseased ones. Methods A high-...

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Main Authors: Isabela M. Bensenor, Alessandra C. Goulart, Alexandre C. Pereira, André R. Brunoni, Airlane Alencar, Raul D. Santos, Márcio S. Bittencourt, Rosa W. Telles, Luciana Andrade Carneiro Machado, Sandhi Maria Barreto, Bianca de Almeida-Pititto, Carolina Porto Silva Janovsky, José Augusto Sgarbi, William R. Tebar, Vandrize Meneghini, Fernando Barbosa Junior, Ana Cristina de Medeiros Ribeiro, Sandra Gofinet Pasoto, Rosa Maria R. Pereira, Eloísa Bonfá, Aytan M. Sipahi, Itamar de S. Santos, Paulo A. Lotufo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier España 2022-05-01
Series:Clinics
Subjects:
Chronic Inflammatory disease
Cardiovascular disease
Coronary artery calcium (CAC)
Carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT)
Fatal and non-fatal cardiovascular events
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