Lipoprotein-Associated Phospholipase A2 Is an Independent Predictor of Incident Coronary Heart Disease in an Apparently Healthy Older PopulationThe Rancho Bernardo Study
Lori B. Daniels, MD*,*,
Gail A. Laughlin, PhD ,
Mark J. Sarno, BA ,
Ricki Bettencourt, MS ,
Robert L. Wolfert, PhD and
Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, MD
* Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of California at San Diego, San Diego, California
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California
diaDexus, Inc., South San Francisco, California.

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Figure 1 Age-Adjusted Event-Free Survival by Lp-PLA2 Tertile
Age-adjusted survival free of fatal or nonfatal myocardial infarction, coronary revascularization, or angina, by lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 (Lp-PLA2) tertile (low 108.1 to 434.4 ng/ml; medium 434.4 to 574.2 ng/ml; high 574.3 to 3,126.8 ng/ml). CHD = coronary heart disease.
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