C-reactive Protein Concentration Is Associated With a Higher Risk of Mortality in a Rural Korean Population

• Main Authors: Jung Hyun Lee (Author), Hyungseon Yeom (Author), Hyeon Chang Kim (Author), Il Suh (Author), Mi Kyung Kim (Author), Min-Ho Shin (Author), Dong Hoon Shin (Author), Sang-Baek Koh (Author), Song Vogue Ahn (Author), Tae-Yong Lee (Author), So Yeon Ryu (Author), Jae-Sok Song (Author), Hong-Soon Choe (Author), Young-Hoon Lee (Author), Bo Youl Choi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Korean Society for Preventive Medicine, 2016-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objectives C-reactive protein (CRP), an inflammatory biomarker, has been widely used as a preclinical marker predictive of morbidity and mortality. Although many studies have reported a positive association between CRP and mortality, uncertainty still remains about this association in various popula...