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C-Reactive Protein Predicts Cardiovascular Disease in Women
Arch Fam Med. 2000;9:567.
In the Women's Health Study, which includes postmenopausal women with no history of cardiovascular disease or cancer, C-reactive protein was the best serum univariate predictor of the occurrence of cardiovascular events over the next three years. The relative risk for events in women with the highest quartile measurement of C-reactive protein compared to the lowest quartile was 4.4 (95% confidence interval, 2.2-8.9). This compared to a relative risk for total cholesterol or low-density lipoprotein cholesterol of 2.4. (N Engl J Med. 2000;342:836-843).
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