Lung function, inflammation and cardiovascular mortality in Africans

Background The link between impaired lung function and cardiovascular outcome is well established in European and American populations. It is possible that this association may be driven by a systemic spillover of inflammation occurring within the lungs. As several studies have found an increased le...

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Published in:	European journal of clinical investigation Vol. 46; no. 11; pp. 901 - 910
Main Authors:	Breet, Yolandi, Schutte, Aletta E., Huisman, Hugo W., Eloff, Fritz C., Du Plessis, Johan L., Kruger, Annamarie, Van Rooyen, Johannes M.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.11.2016
Subjects:	Adult African African Continental Ancestry Group - ethnology Aged Cardiovascular diseases Cardiovascular Diseases - ethnology Cardiovascular Diseases - mortality Cardiovascular Diseases - physiopathology death Epidemiology Female Forced Expiratory Volume - physiology Health risk assessment Humans Inflammation Interleukins Kaplan-Meier Estimate Lungs Male Markers Middle Aged Mortality Pneumonia - ethnology Pneumonia - mortality Pneumonia - physiopathology Populations Prospective Studies pulmonary function Regression analysis Regression models Respiratory function Rural Health - statistics & numerical data South Africa South Africa - epidemiology South Africa - ethnology Urban Health - statistics & numerical data Vital Capacity - physiology pulmonary function South Africa death African
ISSN:	0014-2972, 1365-2362
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