JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association
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Comment Multicenter Study
Prognostic Value of Cardiovascular Biomarkers in the Population.
Identification of individuals at high risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease within the population is important to inform primary prevention strategies. ⋯ Cardiovascular biomarkers were strongly associated with fatal and nonfatal cardiovascular events and mortality. The addition of biomarkers to established risk factors led to only a small improvement in risk prediction metrics for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, but was more favorable for heart failure and mortality.