High serum C-reactive protein level is not an independent predictor for stroke: The Rotterdam Study

Circulation

Volumn 114, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 1591-1598

  Bos, Michiel J ^a   Schipper, C Maarten A ^a   Koudstaal, Peter J ^a   Witteman, Jacqueline C M ^a   Hofman, Albert ^a   Breteler, Monique M B ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Cerebral infarction; Inflammation; Risk factors; Stroke

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STROKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 33749625898     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.619833     Document Type: Article

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