Long-term interleukin-6 levels and subsequent risk of coronary heart disease: two new prospective studies and a systematic review.

<h4>Background</h4>The relevance to coronary heart disease (CHD) of cytokines that govern inflammatory cascades, such as interleukin-6 (IL-6), may be underestimated because such mediators are short acting and prone to fluctuations. We evaluated associations of long-term circulating IL-6...

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Main Authors: John Danesh, Stephen Kaptoge, Andrea G Mann, Nadeem Sarwar, Angela Wood, Sara B Angleman, Frances Wensley, Julian P T Higgins, Lucy Lennon, Gudny Eiriksdottir, Ann Rumley, Peter H Whincup, Gordon D O Lowe, Vilmundur Gudnason
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-04-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/18399716/?tool=EBI