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CRP levels are elevated in smokers but unrelated to the number of cigarettes and are decreased by long-term smoking cessation in male smokers

Masaki Ohsawa, Akira Okayama, Motoyuki Nakamura, Toshiyuki Onoda, Karen Kato, Kazuyoshi Itai, Yuki Yoshida, Akira Ogawa, Kazuko Kawamura, Katsuhiko Hiramori

Preventive Medicine · 2005 · 140 citations · 24 references

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C-Reactive Protein and Other Markers of Inflammation in the Prediction of Cardiovascular Disease in Women

Paul M. Ridker, Charles H. Hennekens, Julie E. Buring et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 2000 · 5.9K citations · Full text

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Mortality in relation to smoking: 40 years' observations on male British doctors

Richard Doll, Richard Peto, Keith Wheatley et al. · BMJ · 1994 · 5.8K citations

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Inflammation, Aspirin, and the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in Apparently Healthy Men

Paul M. Ridker, Mary Cushman, Meir J. Stampfer et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 1997 · 5.5K citations · Full text

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C-Reactive Protein, a Sensitive Marker of Inflammation, Predicts Future Risk of Coronary Heart Disease in Initially Healthy Middle-Aged Men

Wolfgang Köenig, M. Sund, Margit Fröhlich et al. · Circulation · 1999 · 1.9K citations · Full text

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Mortality in relation to smoking: 20 years' observations on male British doctors.

Richard Doll, Richard Peto · BMJ · 1976 · 1.3K citations · Full text

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