Leukocyte Count, Smoking, and Myocardial Infarction
- 19 February 1981
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in The New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 304 (8), 465-468
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm198102193040806
Abstract
THE original report by Friedman and his co-workers1 that the leukocyte count is a predictor of myocardial infarction independent of established risk factors did not carefully control for the one risk factor that is closely associated with the leukocyte count: cigarette smoking.2 , 3 Since this article appeared in 1974, no further study of the subject has been published.The Paris Prospective Study, which has followed over 7000 male employees of a branch of the Paris city government for an average of 6.5 years after an initial examination, includes among its various goals the study in depth of the relation between smoking . . .Keywords
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