Immunological and cardiometabolic risk factors in the prediction of type 2 diabetes and coronary events: MONICA/KORA Augsburg case-cohort study.

BACKGROUND: This study compares inflammation-related biomarkers with established cardiometabolic risk factors in the prediction of incident type 2 diabetes and incident coronary events in a prospective case-cohort study within the population-based MONICA/KORA Augsburg cohort. METHODS AND FINDINGS: A...

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Main Authors: Christian Herder, Jens Baumert, Astrid Zierer, Michael Roden, Christa Meisinger, Mahir Karakas, Lloyd Chambless, Wolfgang Rathmann, Annette Peters, Wolfgang Koenig, Barbara Thorand
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3108947?pdf=render