Multiple Biomarkers for the Prediction of First Major Cardiovascular Events and Death

In an analysis from the Framingham Heart Study, 10 biomarkers were evaluated for their ability to predict clinical outcomes. The addition of biomarkers to conventional risk factors resulted in significant increases in the hazard ratios for death and major cardiovascular events but only small increas...

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Published in:	The New England journal of medicine Vol. 355; no. 25; pp. 2631 - 2639
Main Authors:	Wang, Thomas J, Gona, Philimon, Larson, Martin G, Tofler, Geoffrey H, Levy, Daniel, Newton-Cheh, Christopher, Jacques, Paul F, Rifai, Nader, Selhub, Jacob, Robins, Sander J, Benjamin, Emelia J, D'Agostino, Ralph B, Vasan, Ramachandran S
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Boston, MA Massachusetts Medical Society 21.12.2006
Subjects:	Biological and medical sciences Biomarkers Biomarkers - blood Biomarkers - urine C-Reactive Protein - analysis Cardiovascular disease Cardiovascular Diseases - epidemiology Cholesterol Diabetes Female Follow-Up Studies General aspects Heart attacks Homocysteine Humans Kaplan-Meier Estimate Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Mortality Multivariate Analysis Peptides Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor 1 - blood Prognosis Proportional Hazards Models Risk assessment Risk Assessment - methods Risk Factors ROC Curve Medicine Multiple Mortality Prediction Biological marker Cardiovascular disease Biological indicator Death Predictive factor
ISSN:	0028-4793, 1533-4406, 1533-4406
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