... words) 30 31 Background Myocardial infarction (MI), stroke, and diabetes mellitus have been studied 32 separately as risk factors for adverse health outcomes. However, the consequences of having two 33 ... person-years of follow-up, we calculated hazard ratios and 37 incidence rates, for cardiovascular events (n=47,436) ...
... (CRP) concentration is causally relevant to coronary heart disease (CHD), particularly as it has been suggested that ... in relation to: CRP concentration, other risk factors, and CHD risk. We compared risk ratios (RRs) for CHD ... with genetically-mediated increases in CRP concentration and those seen with equivalent differences in CRP ...