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

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Abstract

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 the general population.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Eur J Prev Cardiol

Title: European journal of preventive cardiology

ISSN (Electronic): 2047-4881

ISSN (Print): 2047-4873

Publication date (Electronic): Jan 2016

Volume: 23

Issue: 2

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[1 ] The Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, UK Department of Neurology, Medical University Innsbruck, Austria.

[2 ] The Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, UK.

[3 ] Institute of Clinical Sciences, University of Oslo, and the Department of Cardiology, Oslo University Hospital Ullevål, Norway.

[4 ] Wallenberg Laboratory for Cardiovascular Research, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

[5 ] Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital of the Technische Universität München, Germany.

[6 ] Department of Pharmacological Sciences, University of Milan, and IRCSS Multimedica Sesto S Giovanni, Milan, Italy.

[7 ] Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.

[8 ] Academic Medical Centre, Cardiology and Thoracic Surgery, and Imagelabonline and Cardiovascular, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

[9 ] INSERM, U970, Université Paris Descartes, France.

[10 ] Department of Neurology, Kliniken Südostbayern, Klinikum Traunstein, Germany.

[11 ] Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

[12 ] Department of Geriatric Medicine, Paracelsus Medical University, and the Gemeinnützige Salzburger Landeskliniken Betriebsgesellschaft GmbH, Christian-Doppler-Klinik, Salzburg, Austria.

[13 ] Department of Neurology and Neurophysiology, University Hospital of Northern Norway, and the Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway.

[14 ] Department of Medicine, Uppsala University, Sweden.

[15 ] Department of Epidemiology, Beijing Institute of Heart, Lung and Blood Vessel Diseases, PR China.

[16 ] Department of Pharmacological Sciences, University of Milan, and the SISA Centre for the Study of Atherosclerosis, Bassini Hospital, Cinisello Balsamo, Italy.

[17 ] Department of Endocrinology, Centre for Individualized Medicine in Arterial Diseases, Odense University Hospital, Denmark.

[18 ] Department of Nephrology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Hippokration General Hospital, Greece.

[19 ] Department of Neurology, University Hospital of the Technische Universität München, Germany.

[20 ] Centre for Population Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, UK.

[21 ] Department of Neurology, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, FL, USA.

[22 ] Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.

[23 ] Department of Neurology, Greifswald University Clinic, Germany.

[24 ] Department of Neurology, University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

[25 ] Tufts University School of Medicine, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA.

[26 ] Department of Neurology, University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany Department of Neurology, Klinikum Herford, Germany.

[27 ] Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.

[28 ] Department B for Internal Medicine, University Medicine Greifswald, and the German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), partner site Greifswald, Germany.

[29 ] Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.

[30 ] University Paris Sud-XI, Kremlin-Bicêtre, France.

[31 ] Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.

[32 ] Department of Neurology, Medical University Innsbruck, Austria.

[33 ] Institute for Community Medicine, SHIP/Clinical-Epidemiological Research, Greifswald, Germany.

[34 ] Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan Health Management Centre, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.

[35 ] INSERM, U970, Université Paris Descartes, France Gerontology Department, Broca Hospital, Paris, France.

[36 ] Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, USA, and the École des Hautes Études en Santé Publique, and INSERM U738, Paris, France.

[37 ] Department of Neurology, Benedictus Krankenhaus Tutzing and Feldafing, Tutzing, Germany and Technische Universität München, Germany D.Sander@mac.com.

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Publisher Item ID: 2047487314560664 Mid ID: NIHMS710968

DOI: 10.1177/2047487314560664

PubMed ID: 25416041

SO-VID: b0ef5bd9-0fe3-467d-ba1c-0416dab96ca8

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Keywords: Inflammation,atherosclerosis,meta-analysis

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Keywords: Inflammation, atherosclerosis, meta-analysis

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