Table 1

AGEs and the prediction of cardiovascular disease

Author
Year
n
FU (yr)
Tissue
Complication

Simm [34]
2007
75
-
Pericardial
Perioperative cardiac events
Koyama [71]
2007
141
1,5
Serum
Cardiac events (heart failure)
Hartog [38]
2007
102
1,7
Serum
Cardiac events (heart failure)
Kilhovd [37]
2007
386
18
Serum
Cardiac mortality
Meerwaldt [22]
2005
109
3
Skin
Cardiovascular mortality
Meerwaldt [36]
2007
117
5
Skin
Cardiovascular mortality

n = number of patients, FU = follow-up in years, Tissue = tissue in which AGE content was measured.

Meerwaldt et al. Cardiovascular Diabetology 2008 7:29   doi:10.1186/1475-2840-7-29