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The significance of apolipoprotein-B (Apo-B) in the elderly as a predictive factor of cardio-cerebrovascular complications.
Archives of gerontology and geriatrics - 1 Jan 2000
Motta Massimo, Bennati Ettore, Cardillo Elisabeth, Ferlito Laura, Passamonte Michela, Malaguarnera Mariano
Abstract excerpt
In an elderly pool of 3288 subjects (65-84 years of age), taking part in the Italian Longitudinal Studies on Aging (ILSA). We evaluated the prevalence of acute myocardial infarction (AMI), the stroke, the non-fatal AMI+stroke cases in relation to the larger or smaller values of the apolipoprotein-B (Apo-B) level considered as cutoff point of normality (150 mg/100 ml). In addition, during the follow-up of 3 years,...
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