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C-reactive protein gene variant and the human left ventricular growth response to exercise: data from The LARGE Heart Study.
Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology - 1 Jan 2010
Mann Jack J, Payne John R, Shah Tina, Pennell Dudley J, Humphries Steve E, Montgomery Hugh E
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OBJECTIVE: Increased levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) are associated with left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy. This association may be causal (either directly or indirectly) or simply a confounder resulting from the recognized relationship between CRP and vascular disease. We attempted to clarify this issue, by assessing the association of a variant of the CRP gene with exercise-induced left ventricular...
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