OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) and its associated risk factors in lupus nephritis (LN) patients. METHODS 287 LN patients (age: 38.54 ± 13.31, 262 female) were recruited. Echocardiography and serum high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) were measured. Their relationship was evaluated by univariate correlation analysis and multivariate regressi...

Objective: Behcet's disease (BD) is a chronic inflammatory disorder characterized by recurrent oral and genital aphthous ulcers, uveitis and skin lesions. Oxidative stress and inflammation have important role in the pathogenesis of BD. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of Nigella sativa (NS) oil administration on malondialdehyde (MDA), total anti-oxidant c...

Background: Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is the leading cardiovascular (CV) cause of mortality. C reactive protein (CRP) has linked with long-term risk recurrent events or death. Albumin, in contrast to CRP known as a negative acute-phase protein. Thus newly introduced marker assessed relation albumin ratio (CAR), which may provide better results than use either alone. The aim study assess ass...

Objective: To investigate the occurrence and influencing factors of fatigue sleep disturbance in Maintenance Hemodialysis (MHD) patients. Methods: A total 170 patients with end-stage renal disease who underwent MHD treatment hemodialysis room Shaanxi Provincial Hospital Traditional Chinese Medicine from October 2021 to March 2022 were selected as research subjects. The basic information laborat...

Zinc Hemodialysis High sensitive C-reactive protein Background: Numerous studies claim that the oxidative stress is elevated in hemodialysis patients. The aim of this study is to investigate the serum level of zinc in hemodialysis patient in Isfahan, Iran. Method: In this study 100 hemodialysis patients from hemodialysis section of Alzahra hospital and Isfahan Noor hospital among 20132014 years...

Relationship between high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) and adiposity by diabetes status and gender in Cuban-Americans with and without type 2 diabetes (T2D) was studied. Adult subjects, 226 females, 129 males participated in a case control, single time point study. Subjects with T2D were older, had higher waist circumference (WC) and body mass index (BMI). WC and BMI were associated ...

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2) and high blood pressure (HBP) may contribute to the development of cardiovascular disease, and inflammation may be an important factor in these diseases. In the present study, plasma levels of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) were measured in subjects with DM2 and/or HBP and compared to those of normal subjects. Eighty-nine subjects were analyzed for h...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Elevated levels of c-reactive protein (CRP) are known to be associated with insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome in adults. A substantial prevalence of hyperinsulinaemia and elevated CRP levels have been shown in Indian young adults. We therefore studied the association of serum high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) with fasting insulin and insulin resistance...

Background/Aim. A special feature of coronary heart disease (CHD) in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is that it often a symptomatic and occurs as consequence cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy. Dysregulation the nervous system associated elevated values inflammatory markers such high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) interleukin- 6 (IL-6), which accelerate atherosclerosis o...

Systemic inflammatory activity has turned out to play a key pathogenic role in vascular atherosclerosis, insulin resistance, and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Inflammatory biomarkers may therefore be a valuable tool for risk evaluation. Among them, the best evidence to date supports the use of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) to monitor insulin resistance and cardiovascular risk in diab...