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Early childhood hospitalisation with infection and subclinical atherosclerosis in adulthood: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Atherosclerosis - 1 Apr 2015
Burgner David P, Sabin Matthew A, Magnussen Costan G, Cheung Michael, Sun Cong, Kähönen Mika, Hutri-Kähönen Nina, Lehtimäki Terho, Jokinen Eero, Laitinen Tomi, Viikari Jorma S A, Raitakari Olli T, Juonala Markus
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OBJECTIVE: Most infections occur in pre-school children but the severity of the inflammatory response to common pathogens varies considerably. We examined the relationship between early childhood infections of sufficient severity to warrant hospitalisation, and markers of subclinical atherosclerosis in adulthood. METHODS: We investigated whether infection-related hospitalisation (IRH) in early childhood (0-5...
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