TY - JOUR
T1 - The Meaning of a New Marker for Coronary-Artery Disease
AU - Blackburn, Henry
PY - 1983/8/18
Y1 - 1983/8/18
N2 - A strong, almost perfectly predictive association between apolipoprotein A-I levels and the presence of obstructive coronary-artery disease is reported by a Mayo Clinic group in this issue.1 The report induces love at first sight, but quick romance does not a marriage make. The finding, and how it was achieved, raises important questions. First of all, is the association real and causal — what can be inferred from a cross-sectional, descriptive analysis of a case series? Is the closer correlation found between coronary-artery disease and apolipoprotein A-I than between the disease and high-density lipoprotein (HDL) or low-density lipoprotein (LDL) due to.
AB - A strong, almost perfectly predictive association between apolipoprotein A-I levels and the presence of obstructive coronary-artery disease is reported by a Mayo Clinic group in this issue.1 The report induces love at first sight, but quick romance does not a marriage make. The finding, and how it was achieved, raises important questions. First of all, is the association real and causal — what can be inferred from a cross-sectional, descriptive analysis of a case series? Is the closer correlation found between coronary-artery disease and apolipoprotein A-I than between the disease and high-density lipoprotein (HDL) or low-density lipoprotein (LDL) due to.
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U2 - 10.1056/NEJM198308183090708
DO - 10.1056/NEJM198308183090708
M3 - Editorial
C2 - 6410240
AN - SCOPUS:0020962113
SN - 0028-4793
VL - 309
SP - 426
EP - 428
JO - New England Journal of Medicine
JF - New England Journal of Medicine
IS - 7
ER -
