Introduction: Cerebrovascular disease is the second most common cause of death worldwide. Male gender, older age, smoking, hypertension, diabetes, and hypercholesterolemia are the well-known risk factors for carotid disease as well as for stroke. An increasing body of evidence has linked inflammation with the pathogenesis of atherothrombotic stroke. C-reactive protein (CRP), one of the acute ph...

BACKGROUND This study evaluated the relationship between the G(-866)A polymorphism of the uncoupling protein 2 (UCP2) gene and high-sensitivity C reactive protein (hs-CRP) plasma levels in diabetic patients. METHODS We studied 383 unrelated people with type 2 diabetes aged 40-70 years. Anthropometry, fasting lipids, glucose, HbA1c, and hs-CRP were measured. Participants were genotyped for the...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Serum high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) is a marker of inflammation and may lead to the development of atherosclerosis, adversely affecting mortality. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between baseline hs-CRP level and 12-month clinical outcomes in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) undergoing percutaneous coronary intervent...

background: increased serum high sensitive c-reactive protein (hs-crp) in asthma and its association with disease severity has been investigated in many studies. this study aimed to determine serum hs-crp status in asthma versus healthy controls and to examine its ability in predicting asthma control. methods: serum crp was measured by elisa method using a high sensitive crp kit. severity of as...

An elevated level of C-reactive protein (CRP), which is a marker of inflammation, is a risk factor for morbidity and mortality in the general population and in dialysis patients. Recently, the relationship between inflammation and nutrition status has received much attention. Serum prealbumin is a highly sensitive marker of nutrition and survival in dialysis patients. The objective of the prese...

The mild chronic inflammatory state associated with obesity may be an important link between adiposity and insulin resistance (IR). In a sample of 137 overweight and obese Chilean adolescents, we assessed associations between high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP), IR and adiposity; explored sex differences; and evaluated whether hs-CRP mediated the relationship between adiposity and IR. ...

PURPOSE The present study aimed to investigate the impact of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) and renal dysfunction on clinical outcomes in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study involved a retrospective cohort of 8332 patients admitted with AMI. The participants were divided into 4 groups according to the levels of estimated glomerular filtrat...

Although cross-sectional studies have shown an inverse or U-shaped relation between alcohol consumption and plasma concentration of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP), the associations between specific types of alcoholic beverages--beer, wine, and liquor--and hs-CRP concentrations are less clear. Plasma concentrations of hs-CRP were measured in 11,815 participants in the Women's Healt...

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...

INTRODUCTION This study was designed to correlate the serum and gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) levels of progranulin (PGRN) and high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs CRP) in chronic periodontitis and type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM). DESIGN PGRN and hs CRP levels were estimated in 3 groups: healthy, chronic periodontitis, and type 2 DM with chronic periodontitis. RESULTS The mean PGRN and h...