White cell counts in relation to mortality in a general population of cohort study in the Netherlands: a mediating effect or not?

Itziar AbeteYunxia Lu Camille LassaleMonique VerschurenYvonne van der SchouwBas Bueno-de-Mesquita

Published in: BMJ open (2019)

Prediagnostic WCC and its subtypes are associated with all-cause, cancer and CVD mortality risk. It may play a partially mediate role on the association between smoking or obesity and mortality.

Keyphrases

cardiovascular events
papillary thyroid
metabolic syndrome
insulin resistance
risk factors
type diabetes
weight loss
cell therapy
squamous cell
weight gain
stem cells
coronary artery disease