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Master of Public Health

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

AUTHORS

Kianoush S , Yakoob MY , Al-Rifai M , DeFilippis AP , Bittencourt MS , Duncan BB , Bensenor IM , Bhatnagar A , Lotufo PA , Blaha MJ , . Journal of the American Heart Association. 2017 6 24; 6(6).

ABSTRACT

There 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.

There 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.

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