Do inflammatory biomarkers add to the discrimination of cardiovascular disease after allowing for social deprivation? Results from a 10-year cohort study in Glasgow, Scotland.

AIMS: To assess the additional discriminative value of adding each of five inflammatory biomarkers to the ASSIGN risk score, which includes social deprivation. METHODS AND RESULTS: In this study, 1319 men and women aged 25-64 in the fourth Glasgow MONICA study were followed-up for cardiovascular en...

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Main Authors: Woodward, M, Welsh, P, Rumley, A, Tunstall-Pedoe, H, Lowe, G
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2010