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Nature Reviews Rheumatology 1, 8 (1 November 2005) | doi:10.1038/ncprheum0007

C-reactive protein predicts cardiovascular death in patients with inflammatory polyarthritis

Rebecca Doherty

Goodson NJ et al. (2005) Baseline levels of C-reactive protein and prediction of death from cardiovascular disease in patients with inflammatory polyarthritis. Arthritis Rheum 52: 2293–2299 A prospective single-center study has found a correlation between levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) measured at the time of diagnosis of inflammatory polyarthritis (IP) and death from cardiovascular disease (CVD).