Inflammation in young adulthood is associated with myocardial infarction later in life

There is evidence that atherosclerosis begins in childhood. There is also evidence that inflammatory markers measured in middle and old age predict risks of cardiovascular disease. In this report, we test whether an inflammatory marker measured in young adult men is associated with risk of myocardial infarction in middle age.During Swedish national conscription tests from 1969 through 1978, the erythrocyte sedimentation rate, as a measure of...