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Uric Acid Levels Are Associated With All-Cause and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality Independent of Systemic Inflammation in Men From the General Population

Christa Meisinger, Wolfgang Köenig, Jens Baumert, Angela Döring

Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology · 2008 · 178 citations · 25 references

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Abstract

High UA levels were independently associated with CVD mortality as well as all-cause mortality but not with incident MI in middle-aged men from the general population.

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