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friends and colleagues. Levels of C-reactive protein (CRP), a
protein produced by the liver that is present only during
episodes of inflammation, better predict the risk of having a
cardiovascular event than levels of LDL ("bad") cholesterol.
Researchers in Boston measured blood levels of CRP and LDL in
27,939 women who appeared to be healthy at baseline and then
followed them for eight years, focusing on the number of
cardiovascular events, strokes and deaths from cardiovascular
causes. They found that women whose CRP levels were in the top
20 percent were 2.3 times more likely to have a cardiovascular
event than those whose CRP was in the lowest 20 percent. Women
whose LDL levels were in the top 20 percent were 1.5 times more
likely to have a cardiovascular proble