Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST 2pdvRR0x. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. The authors investigated whether two objective allergy markers, peripheral blood eosinophilia and skin tests for common aeroallergens, were associated with cardiovascular death. Of 5,382 subjects in the Vlagtwedde-Vlaardingen Study (the Netherlands) with data on allergy markers in 1965-1972,507 subjects died from cardiovascular disease during 30 years of follow-up. Subjects with eosinophilia had an increased risk of cardiovascular death (relative risk (RR)=1.7 ; 95% confidence interval (Cl) : 1.4,2.2), including ischemic heart disease death (RR=1.6 ; 95% Cl : 1.2,2.2) and cerebrovascular death (RR=2.3 ; 95% Cl : 1.4,3.8), independent of major risk factors. This association was limited to subjects with a percentage of the predicted forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1% predicted) of=25 kg/m2, had an FEV1% predicted of
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