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A 25-year prospective study of plasma adiponectin and leptin concentrations and prostate cancer risk and survival

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A Message from the Laboratory Community to the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel IV

scientific article published on 01 March 2012

A cross-sectional study of alcohol consumption patterns and biologic markers of glycemic control among 459 women

scientific article published in July 2003

A girl with goiter and inappropriate thyroid-stimulating hormone secretion

scientific article published in July 2008

A multiplex immunoassay gives different results than singleplex immunoassays which may bias epidemiologic associations

scientific article published on 17 April 2012

A prospective study of C-peptide, insulin-like growth factor-I, insulin-like growth factor binding protein-1, and the risk of colorectal cancer in women

scientific article published in April 2005

A prospective study of hemoglobin A1c concentrations and risk of breast cancer in women

scientific article (publication date: March 2006)

A prospective study of inflammatory cytokines and diabetes mellitus in a multiethnic cohort of postmenopausal women.

scientific article published in August 2007

A prospective study of plasma adiponectin and pancreatic cancer risk in five US cohorts

scientific article published on 14 December 2012

Additive value of immunoassay-measured fibrinogen and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein levels for predicting incident cardiovascular events

scientific article published on 24 July 2006

Adipocytokines, Inflammation, and Breast Cancer Risk in Postmenopausal Women: A Prospective Study

scientific article published on May 7, 2013

Adiponectin and future coronary heart disease events among men with type 2 diabetes

scientific article (publication date: February 2005)

Alcohol consumption and high-density lipoprotein levels: the effect of ADH1C genotype, gender and menopausal status

scientific article published on 5 March 2005

Alcohol consumption patterns and HbA1c, C-peptide and insulin concentrations in men.

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An Increase in Dietary Quality Is Associated with Favorable Plasma Biomarkers of the Brain-Adipose Axis in Apparently Healthy US Women

scientific article published on 13 April 2016

Androgens and diabetes in men: results from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III)

scientific article published on 01 February 2007

Antioxidant vitamins C and E improve endothelial function in children with hyperlipidemia: Endothelial Assessment of Risk from Lipids in Youth (EARLY) Trial

scientific article published on 11 August 2003

Apolipoprotein(a) size and lipoprotein(a) concentration and future risk of angina pectoris with evidence of severe coronary atherosclerosis in men: The Physicians' Health Study

scientific article published on 20 May 2004

Association Between Sex Steroid Hormones and Hematocrit in a Nationally Representative Sample of Men

scientific article published on May 17, 2012

Association between dietary factors and plasma adiponectin concentrations in men.

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Association between endogenous sex steroid hormones and insulin-like growth factor proteins in US men.

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Association between inflammatory markers, hemostatic, and lipid factors in postinfarction patients

scientific article published on 01 May 2003

Association between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D and serum sex steroid hormones among men in NHANES

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Association of C-reactive protein and serum amyloid A with recurrent coronary events in stable patients after healing of acute myocardial infarction

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Association of leukocyte telomere length with circulating biomarkers of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system: the Framingham Heart Study

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Association of markers of insulin and glucose control with subsequent colorectal cancer risk

scientific article published on May 1, 2003

Association of resistin promoter polymorphisms with plasma resistin levels and type 2 diabetes in women and men.

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Association of serum cholesterol and cholesterol-lowering drug use with serum sex steroid hormones in men in NHANES III.

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Associations of the apolipoprotein A1/C3/A4/A5 gene cluster with triglyceride and HDL cholesterol levels in women with type 2 diabetes

scientific article published on 16 June 2006

Biomarkers of endothelial dysfunction and risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus

scientific article published in April 2004

Blood pressure, C-reactive protein, and risk of future cardiovascular events

scientific article published on 24 November 2003

Body iron stores and their determinants in healthy postmenopausal US women

scientific article published in December 2003

Body iron stores in relation to risk of type 2 diabetes in apparently healthy women

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C-peptide, insulin-like growth factor binding protein-1, glycosylated hemoglobin, and the risk of distal colorectal adenoma in women

scientific article published in April 2006

C-reactive protein and colorectal adenoma in the CLUE II cohort

scientific article published on 24 January 2008

C-reactive protein and incident cardiovascular events among men with diabetes

scientific article (publication date: April 2004)

C-reactive protein and parental history improve global cardiovascular risk prediction: the Reynolds Risk Score for men.

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C-reactive protein and the risk of developing hypertension

scientific article published on December 2003

C-reactive protein and the risk of incident colorectal cancer

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C-reactive protein concentration distribution among US children and young adults: findings from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999-2000.

scientific article published in August 2003

C-reactive protein, the metabolic syndrome, and risk of incident cardiovascular events: an 8-year follow-up of 14 719 initially healthy American women

scientific article published on January 2003

CDC/AHA Workshop on Markers of Inflammation and Cardiovascular Disease: Application to Clinical and Public Health Practice: report from the laboratory science discussion group

scientific article published on 01 December 2004

Circulating inflammatory and endothelial markers and risk of hypertension in white and black postmenopausal women.

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Circulating levels of endothelial adhesion molecules and risk of diabetes in an ethnically diverse cohort of women.

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Circulating levels of resistin and risk of type 2 diabetes in men and women: results from two prospective cohorts

scientific article published on 28 October 2008

Clinical Chemistry journal has contributed to progress in lipid and lipoprotein testing for fifty years

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Clinical and genetic correlates of serum aldosterone in the community: the Framingham Heart Study

scientific article published in May 2005

Common polymorphisms in the adiponectin and its receptor genes, adiponectin levels and the risk of prostate cancer

scientific article published on 29 September 2011

Common variants of the endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene and the risk of coronary heart disease among U.S. diabetic men.

scientific article published in July 2006

Comparison of C-reactive protein and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels in the prediction of first cardiovascular events

scientific article published in November 2002

Comparison of LDL cholesterol concentrations by Friedewald calculation and direct measurement in relation to cardiovascular events in 27,331 women

scientific article published on May 2009

Comparison of effect of intensive lipid lowering with atorvastatin to less intensive lowering with lovastatin on C-reactive protein in patients with stable angina pectoris and inducible myocardial ischemia

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Consumption of (n-3) fatty acids is related to plasma biomarkers of inflammation and endothelial activation in women

scientific article published in July 2004

Consumption of trans fatty acids is related to plasma biomarkers of inflammation and endothelial dysfunction

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Cross-sectional relations of urinary sodium excretion to cardiac structure and hypertrophy. The Framingham Heart Study

scientific article published in October 2004

Development and validation of improved algorithms for the assessment of global cardiovascular risk in women: the Reynolds Risk Score

scientific article published in February 2007

Diet-quality scores and plasma concentrations of markers of inflammation and endothelial dysfunction

scientific article published on 01 July 2005

Dietary glycemic index, glycemic load, cereal fiber, and plasma adiponectin concentration in diabetic men

scientific article (publication date: May 2005)

Dietary intake of trans fatty acids and systemic inflammation in women

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E-selectin genotypes and risk of type 2 diabetes in women

scientific article published in March 2005

Effect of atorvastatin on risk of recurrent cardiovascular events after an acute coronary syndrome associated with high soluble CD40 ligand in the Myocardial Ischemia Reduction with Aggressive Cholesterol Lowering (MIRACL) Study

scientific article published on 19 July 2004

Effect of intensive glycemic control on levels of markers of inflammation in type 1 diabetes mellitus in the diabetes control and complications trial

scientific article published on 2 May 2005

Effect of pravastatin on LDL particle concentration as determined by NMR spectroscopy: a substudy of a randomized placebo controlled trial

scientific article published on October 1, 2003

Effect of sleep loss on C-reactive protein, an inflammatory marker of cardiovascular risk.

scientific article published on February 2004

Effects of initiating insulin and metformin on glycemic control and inflammatory biomarkers among patients with type 2 diabetes: the LANCET randomized trial

scientific article published on September 2009

Endogenous tissue plasminogen activator and risk of recurrent cardiac events after an acute coronary syndrome in the MIRACL study.

scientific article published on 26 March 2009

Evaluation of an enzymatic homocysteine assay for the Hitachi series chemistry analyzer

scientific article published on 15 January 2005

Excessive body iron stores are not associated with risk of coronary heart disease in women

scientific article published on December 2008

Expanding options for scientific publication: is more always better?

scientific article published in January 2013

Fasting Is Not Routinely Required for Determination of a Lipid Profile: Clinical and Laboratory Implications Including Flagging at Desirable Concentration Cutpoints-A Joint Consensus Statement from the European Atherosclerosis Society and European F

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Fasting compared with nonfasting lipids and apolipoproteins for predicting incident cardiovascular events

scientific article published on 18 August 2008

Fasting compared with nonfasting triglycerides and risk of cardiovascular events in women

scientific article published on July 2007

Fructose, glycemic load, and quantity and quality of carbohydrate in relation to plasma C-peptide concentrations in US women

scientific article published in October 2004

HFE genetic variability, body iron stores, and the risk of type 2 diabetes in U.S. women

scientific article published in December 2005

Habitual dietary intake of n-3 and n-6 fatty acids in relation to inflammatory markers among US men and women

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Hemochromatosis gene mutations, body iron stores, dietary iron, and risk of colorectal adenoma in women

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Hemoglobin A1c predicts diabetes but not cardiovascular disease in nondiabetic women

scientific article published on August 2007

High-dose atorvastatin enhances the decline in inflammatory markers in patients with acute coronary syndromes in the MIRACL study

scientific article published on 15 September 2003

High-sensitivity C-reactive protein and cardiovascular disease

scientific article published on 18 December 2008

High-sensitivity C-reactive protein, other markers of inflammation, and the incidence of macular degeneration in women

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Homocysteine, 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase 677C>T polymorphism, nutrient intake, and incident cardiovascular disease in 24,968 initially healthy women

scientific article published on 01 March 2007

Hormonal profile of diabetic men and the potential link to prostate cancer

scientific article published on 14 March 2008

Impact of the third cholesterol report from the adult treatment panel of the national cholesterol education program on the clinical laboratory

scientific article published on January 1, 2002

Inflammation and progressive nephropathy in type 1 diabetes in the diabetes control and complications trial

scientific article published on 16 September 2008

Inflammation, statin therapy, and risk of stroke after an acute coronary syndrome in the MIRACL study

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Inflammatory Biomarkers, Death, and Recurrent Nonfatal Coronary Events After an Acute Coronary Syndrome in the MIRACL Study

scientific article published on January 28, 2013

Inflammatory biomarkers, aspirin, and risk of colorectal cancer: Findings from the physicians' health study

scientific article published on 6 August 2016

Inflammatory biomarkers, hormone replacement therapy, and incident coronary heart disease: prospective analysis from the Women's Health Initiative observational study

scientific article published on 01 August 2002

Inflammatory markers and coronary heart disease

scientific article (publication date: August 2002)

Inflammatory markers and risk of developing type 2 diabetes in women

scientific article published in March 2004

Inflammatory markers and the risk of coronary heart disease in men and women

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Inflammatory plasma markers and pancreatic cancer risk: a prospective study of five U.S. cohorts

scientific article published on 5 March 2013

Insulin sensitivity and insulin secretion determined by homeostasis model assessment and risk of diabetes in a multiethnic cohort of women: the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study

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Insulin, proinsulin, proinsulin:insulin ratio, and the risk of developing type 2 diabetes mellitus in women

scientific article published in April 2003

Interactions between the -514C->T polymorphism of the hepatic lipase gene and lifestyle factors in relation to HDL concentrations among US diabetic men.

scientific article published in June 2005

Intercellular adhesion molecule 1 (ICAM1) Lys56Met and Gly241Arg gene variants, plasma-soluble ICAM1 concentrations, and risk of incident cardiovascular events in 23,014 initially healthy white women

scientific article published on 25 October 2007

Interleukin-18 and the risk of future cardiovascular disease among initially healthy women

scientific article published on 22 April 2008

Interleukin-6 and risk of colorectal cancer: results from the CLUE II cohort and a meta-analysis of prospective studies

scientific article published on 29 July 2015

Interleukin-6 receptor gene variations, plasma interleukin-6 levels, and type 2 diabetes in U.S. Women

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Interleukin-6 receptor gene, plasma C-reactive protein, and diabetes risk in women

scientific article published on 13 October 2008

Interrelationships among circulating interleukin-6, C-reactive protein, and traditional cardiovascular risk factors in women

scientific article published in October 2002

Is C-reactive protein specific for vascular disease in women?

scientific article published on April 2002

Is plasma oxidized low-density lipoprotein, measured with the widely used antibody 4E6, an independent predictor of coronary heart disease among U.S. men and women?

scientific article published on 17 August 2006

Leisure-Time Physical Activity and Reduced Plasma Levels of Obesity-Related Inflammatory Markers

scholarly article by Tobias Pischon et al published September 2003 in Obesity

Lipoprotein (a) and coronary heart disease among women: beyond a cholesterol carrier?

scientific article published on 11 April 2005

Lipoprotein particle profiles by nuclear magnetic resonance compared with standard lipids and apolipoproteins in predicting incident cardiovascular disease in women

scientific article published on 09 February 2009

Lipoprotein(a) and risk of type 2 diabetes

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Lipoprotein(a), hormone replacement therapy, and risk of future cardiovascular events

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Lipoprotein(a), measured with an assay independent of apolipoprotein(a) isoform size, and risk of future cardiovascular events among initially healthy women

scientific article published on September 2006

Long-term effect of combined vitamins E and C on coronary and peripheral endothelial function

scientific article published in February 2004

Longitudinal association of glycemia and microalbuminuria: the Framingham Offspring Study

scientific article published in June 2002

Low-Grade Albuminuria and the Risks of Hypertension and Blood Pressure Progression

Low-density lipoprotein particle concentration and size as determined by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy as predictors of cardiovascular disease in women

scientific article published on October 2002

Major dietary patterns are related to plasma concentrations of markers of inflammation and endothelial dysfunction

scientific article published in October 2004

Mediating effects of inflammatory biomarkers on insulin resistance associated with obesity

scientific article published in October 2005

Metabolic syndrome components and colorectal adenoma in the CLUE II cohort

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Moderate alcohol consumption and lower levels of inflammatory markers in US men and women

scientific article published in August 2005

Multiple biomarkers and the risk of incident hypertension

scientific article published on 22 January 2007

Multiple biomarkers for the prediction of first major cardiovascular events and death

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Multivariate assessment of lipid parameters as predictors of coronary heart disease among postmenopausal women: potential implications for clinical guidelines

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National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory Medicine Practice guidelines: emerging biomarkers for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease

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No association between pre-diagnostic plasma C-reactive protein concentration and subsequent prostate cancer

scientific article published in June 2004

No effect of beta-carotene supplementation on risk of nonmelanoma skin cancer among men with low baseline plasma beta-carotene.

scientific article published on June 2004

Non-HDL cholesterol and apolipoprotein B predict cardiovascular disease events among men with type 2 diabetes

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Non-HDL cholesterol, apolipoproteins A-I and B100, standard lipid measures, lipid ratios, and CRP as risk factors for cardiovascular disease in women

scientific article published on July 2005

Non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and apolipoprotein B in the prediction of coronary heart disease in men.

scientific article published in November 2005

Nonfasting Sample for the Determination of Routine Lipid Profile: Is It an Idea Whose Time Has Come?

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Novel association of ABO histo-blood group antigen with soluble ICAM-1: results of a genome-wide association study of 6,578 women

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Pancreatic Cancer Risk Associated with Prediagnostic Plasma Levels of Leptin and Leptin Receptor Genetic Polymorphisms

scientific article published on 25 October 2016

Plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D and risk of pancreatic cancer

scientific article published on 15 November 2011

Plasma adiponectin and the risk of hypertension in white and black postmenopausal women.

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Plasma adiponectin levels and risk of myocardial infarction in men.

scientific article published in April 2004

Plasma adrenal androgens and risk of breast cancer in premenopausal women.

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Plasma concentration of heat shock protein 27 and risk of cardiovascular disease: a prospective, nested case-control study

scientific article published on 16 November 2007

Plasma dehydroepiandrosterone and risk of myocardial infarction in women.

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Plasma fluorescent oxidation products as potential markers of oxidative stress for epidemiologic studies

scientific article published on 5 July 2007

Plasma fluorescent oxidation products: independent predictors of coronary heart disease in men.

scientific article published on 5 July 2007

Plasma folate, vitamin B6, vitamin B12, and homocysteine and pancreatic cancer risk in four large cohorts.

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Plasma proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 levels and the risk of first cardiovascular events

scientific article published on 27 October 2015

Plasma total and high molecular weight adiponectin levels and risk of coronary heart disease in women

scientific article published on 20 July 2011

Point: high-sensitivity C-reactive protein and cardiac C-reactive protein assays: is there a need to differentiate?

scientific article published on 01 July 2006

Population distributions of C-reactive protein in apparently healthy men and women in the United States: implication for clinical interpretation

scientific article published on 01 April 2003

Prediagnosis biomarkers of insulin-like growth factor-1, insulin, and interleukin-6 dysregulation and multiple myeloma risk in the Multiple Myeloma Cohort Consortium

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Progression of age-related macular degeneration: prospective assessment of C-reactive protein, interleukin 6, and other cardiovascular biomarkers

scientific article published in June 2005

Prospective Evaluation of B-type Natriuretic Peptide Concentrations and the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in Women

scientific article published on 03 January 2013

Prospective study of C-reactive protein, homocysteine, and plasma lipid levels as predictors of sudden cardiac death

scientific article (publication date: 4 June 2002)

Quality specifications and the assessment of the biochemical risk of atherosclerosis

scientific article published in August 2004

Quantifying Atherogenic Lipoproteins: Current and Future Challenges in the Era of Personalized Medicine and VLDL Cholesterol. A Consensus Statement from EAS and EFLM.

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Racial Variation in Umbilical Cord Blood Leptin Concentration in Male Babies

scientific article published on February 9, 2011

Racial variation in sex steroid hormones and the insulin-like growth factor axis in umbilical cord blood of male neonates

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Racial variation in umbilical cord blood sex steroid hormones and the insulin-like growth factor axis in African-American and white female neonates

scientific article published on 18 January 2012

Racial variation in vitamin D cord blood concentration in white and black male neonates

scientific article published on November 9, 2012

Rapid and simple tandem mass spectrometry method for determination of serum cotinine concentration

scientific article published in November 2004

Regular consumption of nuts is associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular disease in women with type 2 diabetes

scientific article published on 06 May 2009

Relation between markers of systemic vascular inflammation and smoking in women

scientific article published in May 2002

Relationship between adiponectin and glycemic control, blood lipids, and inflammatory markers in men with type 2 diabetes

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Relationship of antihypertensive treatment to plasma markers of vascular inflammation and remodeling in the Comparison of Amlodipine versus Enalapril to Limit Occurrences of Thrombosis study

scientific article published on April 1, 2012

Relationship of oxidized phospholipids and biomarkers of oxidized low-density lipoprotein with cardiovascular risk factors, inflammatory biomarkers, and effect of statin therapy in patients with acute coronary syndromes: Results from the MIRACL (Myo

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Relationship of sex steroid hormones with body size and with body composition measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry in US men.

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Relationship of sex steroid hormones with bone mineral density (BMD) in a nationally representative sample of men.

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Sensitive cardiac troponin T assay and the risk of incident cardiovascular disease in women with and without diabetes mellitus: the Women's Health Study

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Serum aldosterone and the incidence of hypertension in nonhypertensive persons

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Serum estrogen, but not testosterone, levels differ between black and white men in a nationally representative sample of Americans

scientific article published on 24 April 2007

Serum sex steroid hormones and frailty in older American men of the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III)

scientific article published on July 23, 2012

Serum sex steroid hormones and lower urinary tract symptoms in Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III)

scientific article published on 01 April 2007

Sex hormone-binding globulin and risk of type 2 diabetes in women and men

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Sex steroid hormone concentrations and risk of death in US men.

scientific article published on 18 January 2010

Sex steroid hormones and the androgen receptor gene CAG repeat and subsequent risk of prostate cancer in the prostate-specific antigen era.

scientific article published in May 2005

Soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1, soluble vascular adhesion molecule-1, and the development of symptomatic peripheral arterial disease in men.

scientific article published on August 2002

Soluble intercellular adhesion molecules, soluble vascular cell adhesion molecules, and risk of coronary heart disease

scientific article (publication date: November 2006)

Stability of measurements of biomarkers of oxidative stress in blood over 36 hours.

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Stability of novel plasma markers associated with cardiovascular disease: processing within 36 hours of specimen collection

scientific article published on 01 October 2002

Standardization of high-sensitivity immunoassays for measurement of C-reactive protein; II: Two approaches for assessing commutability of a reference material

scientific article published on 12 December 2008

Standardization of immunoassays for measurement of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein. Phase I: evaluation of secondary reference materials

scientific article published on 01 April 2003

Symptomatic peripheral arterial disease in women: nontraditional biomarkers of elevated risk

scientific article published on 28 January 2008

The +276 polymorphism of the APM1 gene, plasma adiponectin concentration, and cardiovascular risk in diabetic men

scientific article (publication date: May 2005)

The association of urinary cadmium with sex steroid hormone concentrations in a general population sample of US adult men

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The changing face of laboratory medicine: a more service and less academically oriented profession?

scientific article published on 26 August 2014

Valsartan, blood pressure reduction, and C-reactive protein: primary report of the Val-MARC trial

scientific article published on 19 May 2006