@article{749351c0e5dc4da1866741fb30186180,
title = "Blood pressure, risk of ischemic cerebrovascular and ischemic heart disease, and longevity in alpha(1)-antitrypsin deficiency: the Copenhagen City Heart Study",
abstract = "Because elastase in alpha(1)-antitrypsin deficiency may attack elastin in the arterial wall, we tested whether alpha(1)-antitrypsin deficiency is associated with reduced blood pressure, risk of ischemic cerebrovascular (ICVD) and ischemic heart disease (IHD), and longevity.",
keywords = "Adult, Age Distribution, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Blood Pressure, Brain Ischemia, Comorbidity, Denmark, Female, Gene Frequency, Genetic Testing, Genotype, Homozygote, Humans, Logistic Models, Male, Middle Aged, Myocardial Ischemia, Odds Ratio, Polymorphism, Genetic, Reference Values, Risk Assessment, alpha 1-Antitrypsin Deficiency",
author = "Morten Dahl and Anne Tybjaerg-Hansen and Henrik Sillesen and Gorm Jensen and Rolf Steffensen and Nordestgaard, {B{\o}rge G}",
year = "2003",
month = feb,
day = "11",
language = "English",
volume = "107",
pages = "747--52",
journal = "Circulation",
issn = "0009-7322",
publisher = "AHA/ASA",
number = "5",
}