Inflammatory markers and extent and progression of early atherosclerosis: Meta-analysis of individual-participant-data from 20 prospective studies of the PROG-IMT collaboration

Willeit, Peter; G. Thompson, Simon; Agewall, Stefan; Bergström, Göran; Bickel, Horst; L. Catapano, Alberico; Chien, Kuo‐Liong; de Groot, Eric; Empana, Jean‐Philippe; Etgen, Thorleif; H. Franco, Oscar; Iglseder, Bernhard; Harald Johnsen, Stein; Kavousi, Maryam; Lind, Lars; Liu, Jing; B. Mathiesen, Ellisiv; Danilo Norata, Giuseppe; Hecht Olsen, Michael; Papagianni, Αikaterini; Poppert, Holger; F. Price, Jackie; L. Sacco, Ralph; N. Yanez, David; Zhao, Dong; Schminke, Ulf; Bülbül, Alpaslan; F. Polak, Joseph; Sitzer, Matthias; Hofman, Albert; Grigore, Liliana; Dörr, Marcus; Su, Ta‐Chen; Ducimetière, Pierre; Xie, Wuxiang; Ronkainen, Kimmo; Kiechl, Stefan; Rundek, Tatjana; Robertson, C.; Fagerberg, Björn; Bokemark, Lena; Steinmetz, Helmuth; Arfan Ikram, M.; Völzke, Henry; Lin, Hung‐Ju; Plichart, Matthieu; Tuomainen, Tomi-Pekka; Desvarieux, Moı̈se; McLachlan, Stela; Schmidt, Caroline; Kauhanen, Jussi; Willeit, Johann; Lorenz, Matthias; Sander, Dirk; the PROG-IMT study group, for

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Inflammatory markers and extent and progression of early atherosclerosis: Meta-analysis of individual-participant-data from 20 prospective studies of the PROG-IMT collaboration

Published in European Journal of Preventive Cardiology • Nov 21, 2014

Authors:

Peter Willeit

Simon G. Thompson

Stefan Agewall

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Large-scale epidemiological evidence on the role of inflammation in early atherosclerosis, assessed by carotid ultrasound, is lacking. We aimed to quantify cross-sectional and longitudinal associations of inflammatory markers with common-carotid-artery intima-media thickness (CCA-IMT) in...

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Medicine

Internal medicine

C-reactive protein

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