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SUBMITTER: Lv H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4547137 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lv Haichen H Wu Hongyi H Yin Jiasheng J Qian Juying J Ge Junbo J
Scientific reports 20150824
Parity has been shown to inversely associate with cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality, but the evidence of epidemiological studies is still controversial. Therefore, we quantitatively assessed the relationship between parity and CVD mortality by summarizing the evidence from prospective studies. We searched MEDLINE (PubMed), EMBASE and ISI Web of Science databases for relevant prospective studies of parity and CVD mortality through the end of March 2015. Fixed- or random-effects models were u ...[more]