C-Reactive Protein Levels Correlate With Future Risk Of Heart Attack, Stroke And Cancers, But Causality Seems Unlikely

There has been intense interest among researchers during the past decade about whether blood concentrations of C-reactive protein (CRP) – a sensitive indicator of tissue injury inflammation produced by the liver – is a causal factor in heart disease. Earlier studies had suggested that this protein might be as important in the causation of heart attack as are blood cholesterol levels. In the most powerful and comprehensive study so far of associations of blood levels of CRP with major diseases (in an Article published Online First thelancet…

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