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SUBMITTER: DeJarnett N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4862408 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
DeJarnett Natasha N Yeager Ray R Conklin Daniel J DJ Lee Jongmin J O'Toole Timothy E TE McCracken James J Abplanalp Wes W Srivastava Sanjay S Riggs Daniel W DW Hamzeh Ihab I Wagner Stephen S Chugh Atul A DeFilippis Andrew A Ciszewski Tiffany T Wyatt Brad B Becher Carrie C Higdon Deirdre D Ramos Kenneth S KS Tollerud David J DJ Myers John A JA Rai Shesh N SN Shah Jasmit J Zafar Nagma N Krishnasamy Sathya S SS Prabhu Sumanth D SD Bhatnagar Aruni A
Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology 20150820 11
<h4>Objectives</h4>Previous studies have shown that residential proximity to a roadway is associated with increased cardiovascular disease risk. Yet, the nature of this association remains unclear, and its effect on individual cardiovascular disease risk factors has not been assessed. The objective of this study was to determine whether residential proximity to roadways influences systemic inflammation and the levels of circulating angiogenic cells.<h4>Approach and results</h4>In a cross-section ...[more]