Associations of Cigarette Smoking With Subclinical Inflammation and Atherosclerosis: ELSA‐Brasil (The Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health)

BackgroundThere is a need to identify sensitive biomarkers of early tobacco‐related cardiovascular disease. We examined the association of smoking status, burden, time since quitting, and intensity, with markers of inflammation and subclinical atherosclerosis. Methods and ResultsWe studied 14 103 pa...

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Published in:	Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Main Authors:	Sina Kianoush, Mohammad Yawar Yakoob, Mahmoud Al‐Rifai, Andrew P. DeFilippis, Marcio S. Bittencourt, Bruce B. Duncan, Isabela M. Bensenor, Aruni Bhatnagar, Paulo A. Lotufo, Michael J. Blaha
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wiley 2017-11-01
Subjects:	atherosclerosis inflammation smoking subclinical atherosclerosis risk factor tobacco products
Online Access:	https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.116.005088