Relative risk for cardiovascular atherosclerotic events after smoking cessation: 6-9 years excess risk in individuals with familial hypercholesterolemia

• Main Authors: Kastelein John JP (Author), Tanck Michael WT (Author), van Aalst-Cohen Emily S (Author), Jansen Angelique CM (Author), Kramer Anneke (Author), Zwinderman Aeilko H (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2006-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Smoking history is often di- or trichotomized into for example "never, ever or current smoking". However, smoking must be treated as a time-dependent covariate when lifetime data is available. In particular, individuals do...