Geriatrics - Modern Medicine

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EDITOR'S CHOICE
Elevated CRP alone doesn't justify statin treatment
C-reactive protein (CRP) doesn't add predictive value to traditional cardiovascular risk factors, and there does not appear to be a causal association between CRP and coronary heart disease (CHD), according to results of two studies published in the July 1, 2009, issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

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