Association Between Smoking and Serum GlycA and High‐Sensitivity C‐Reactive Protein Levels: The Multi‐Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) and Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA‐Brasil)

Association Between Smoking and Serum GlycA and High‐Sensitivity C‐Reactive Protein Levels: The Multi‐Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) and Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA‐Brasil)

BackgroundInflammation is suggested to be a central feature of atherosclerosis, particularly among smokers. We studied whether inflammatory biomarkers GlycA and high‐sensitivity C‐reactive protein are associated with cigarette smoking. Methods and ResultsA total of 11 509 participants, 6774 from the...

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Main Authors: Sina Kianoush, Marcio S. Bittencourt, Paulo A. Lotufo, Isabela M. Bensenor, Steven R. Jones, Andrew P. DeFilippis, Peter P. Toth, James D. Otvos, Martin Tibuakuu, Michael E. Hall, Paulo H. N. Harada, Michael J. Blaha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2017-08-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
atherosclerosis
inflammation
prevention
risk assessment
smoking
Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.117.006545

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