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What are the effects of patient age and blood pressure on the cholesterol-related risk of vascular mortality?

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The synopsis was written by Alexandra King, Associate Editor, Nature Clinical Practice.

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  1. Department of Cardiology, University of Oslo Rikshospitalet, Sognvannsveien 20, Oslo 0027, Norway john.kjekshus@medisin.uio.no

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Kjekshus, J. What are the effects of patient age and blood pressure on the cholesterol-related risk of vascular mortality?. Nat Rev Cardiol 5, 310–311 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpcardio1209

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