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Biomarkers of cardiovascular outcomes—bonanza or bias?

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During the past decade, a plethora of biomarkers have been reported to be associated with incident cardiovascular disease, often in large meta-analyses. A new review of these meta-analyses suggests that many of these studies are subject to substantial bias; therefore, how should we interpret the results, and where do we go from here?

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  1. Cardiovascular Division, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, 330 Brookline Avenue, RW-453, Boston, 02215, MA, USA

    Connie W. Tsao

  2. Section of Preventative Medicine and Epidemiology, and Cardiology, Boston University School of Medicine, 801 Massachusetts Avenue, Suite 470, Boston, 02118, MA, USA

    Ramachandran S. Vasan

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Tsao, C., Vasan, R. Biomarkers of cardiovascular outcomes—bonanza or bias?. Nat Rev Endocrinol 9, 381–382 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrendo.2013.99

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