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Total serum bilirubin and risk of cardiovascular disease in the Framingham Offspring Study

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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
Volume 87, Issue 10, Pages 1196-+

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EXCERPTA MEDICA INC
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(01)01494-1

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  1. NHLBI NIH HHS [N01-HC-38038] Funding Source: Medline

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The association between bilirubin and cardiovascular disease is controversial. In a prospective study of 4.276 subjects, we demonstrated that a higher concentration of serum bilirubin was associated with lower risk of myocardial infarction and cardiovascular disease in men, but the pattern was not clear in women.

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