Galectin‐3 and Risk of Heart Failure and Death in Blacks and Whites

Galectin‐3 and Risk of Heart Failure and Death in Blacks and Whites

BackgroundThe association between galectin‐3 and heart failure (HF) or death is well established for white, but not for black, adults. Methods and ResultsGalectin‐3 was measured in 1809 participants (1375 white, 434 black), enrolled in a substudy of the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) obs...

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Main Authors: John W. McEvoy, Yuan Chen, Marc K. Halushka, Eric Christenson, Christie M. Ballantyne, Roger S. Blumenthal, Robert H. Christenson, Elizabeth Selvin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2016-05-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
biomarker
death
galectin‐3
heart failure
race and ethnicity
Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.115.003079

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