TY - JOUR AU - Cotoi, Ovidiu S. AU - Manjer, Jonas AU - Hedblad, Bo AU - Engström, Gunnar AU - Melander, Olle AU - Schiopu, Alexandru PY - 2013 DA - 2013/08/13 TI - Plasma procalcitonin is associated with all-cause and cancer mortality in apparently healthy men: a prospective population-based study JO - BMC Medicine SP - 180 VL - 11 IS - 1 AB - The inflammatory mediator procalcitonin (PCT) has previously been associated with prognosis in myocardial infarction, cancer and sepsis patients. The importance of PCT in the general population is currently unknown. Our aim was to assess the relationship between plasma PCT and the risk of all-cause and cause-specific mortality in apparently healthy individuals with no previous history of cardiovascular disease or cancer. SN - 1741-7015 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1741-7015-11-180 DO - 10.1186/1741-7015-11-180 ID - Cotoi2013 ER -