The association of ferritin with cardiovascular and all-cause mortality in community-dwellers: The English longitudinal study of ageing.

The association of ferritin with cardiovascular and all-cause mortality in community-dwellers: The English longitudinal study of ageing.

BACKGROUND:Ferritin constitutes a sensitive iron-storage index and multi-functional protein. Evidence on its association with mortality in general population is scarce and conflicting. We investigated the sex-specific associations of ferritin levels with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in a p...

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Main Authors: Nikolaos P E Kadoglou, Jane P Biddulph, Snorri B Rafnsson, Marialena Trivella, Petros Nihoyannopoulos, Panayotes Demakakos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5462410?pdf=render

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