Primary cardiovascular events and serum lipid levels in elderly Japanese with hypercholesterolemia undergoing 6-year simvastatin treatment: A
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A study conducted to determine relationship between serum lipid levels and the incidence of coronary events in older Japanese hypercholesterolemic patients without prior coronary heart disease (CHD) is presented. The low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) level-dependent increase relative risk of CHD was found similar in elderly and younger patients, whereas the absolute risk at any LDL-C level in elderly patients was higher than in younger patients.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2004
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Associations between polymorphisms of the high-affinity immunoglobulin E receptor and late-onset airflow obstruction in older populations
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Research indicates that serum immunoglobulin E levels are linked to late-onset airway obstruction in the elderly, but high-affinity immunoglobulin E receptor genetic polymorphisms are not. Data were obtained from the genotypes of 283 patients.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2003
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