White blood cell count and all-cause and cause-specific mortality in the Guangzhou biobank cohort study

• Main Authors: Tao Wang (Author), Chao Qiang Jiang (Author), Lin Xu (Author), Wei Sen Zhang (Author), Feng Zhu (Author), Ya Li Jin (Author), G. Neil Thomas (Author), Kar Keung Cheng (Author), Tai Hing Lam (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Several studies have shown positive associations between higher WBC count and deaths from all-causes, CHD, stroke and cancer among occidental populations or developed countries of Asia. No study on the association of WBC count with all-cause and cause-specific mortality in Chines...