Interleukin-6 concentration predicts coronary artery disease better than high-sensitivity C-reactive protein [PDF]
This repository item contains a single issue of The ISCIP Analyst, an analytical review journal published from 1996 to 2010 by the Boston University Institute for the Study of Conflict, Ideology, and ...
Adami, Fabian +8 more
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Association between C-reactive protein with all-cause mortality in ELSA-Brasil cohort [PDF]
Background: High-sensitive C-reactive protein (hsCRP) has been proposed as a marker of incident cardiovascular disease and vascular mortality, and it may also be a marker of non-vascular mortality.
Alvim Matos, Sheila M. +10 more
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Problems with High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein [PDF]
Last year, Ockene et al. (1) published a report in this journal that made the claim that high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) has a degree of measurement stability that is similar to that of total cholesterol and that this provides further evidence of the potential clinical utility of hs-CRP screening as a novel tool for vascular risk ...
David Kanowski +3 more
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Sleepiness, inflammation and oxidative stress markers in middle-aged males with obstructive sleep apnea without metabolic syndrome: a cross-sectional study [PDF]
Background: the simultaneous occurrence of metabolic syndrome and excessive daytime sleepiness are very common in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) patients.
Andaku, Daniela Kuguimoto +5 more
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[OP.2D.05] RELATIONSHIP OF OXIDATIVE STRESS WITH CARDIAC HYPERTROPHY IN HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS [PDF]
OBJECTIVE: Left ventricular hypertrophy is common in hypertensive patients. In these subjects increased oxidative stress has been observed. Our aim was to evaluate the association of biomarkers of both oxidative stress and inflammation with markers of ...
Altieri, D. +6 more
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Rinkoo Dalan1, Michelle Jong1, Siew-Pang Chan4,5, Robert Hawkins2, Robin Choo6, Brenda Lim1, May L Tan3, Melvin KS Leow1,61Department of Endocrinology, 2Department of Laboratory Medicine, 3Health Enrichment Centre, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore ...
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Clinical relevance of high sensitivity C-reactive protein in cardiology
Coping with cardiovascular diseases (CVD), which are of the main causes of death worldwide, has influenced investigation of high sensitivity CRP (hsCRP) and its role in pathogenesis, prognosis and prevention of CVD.
Dalia Adukauskienė +5 more
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Metformin for non-diabetic patients with coronary heart disease (the CAMERA study): a randomised controlled trial [PDF]
<br>Background: Metformin reduces cardiovascular risk in patients with type 2 diabetes seemingly independent of lowering blood glucose concentration. We assessed the cardiovascular effects of metformin in individuals without type 2 diabetes.</br&
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Within-Person Variability in High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein [PDF]
To the Editor: C-reactive protein (CRP) is a marker of systemic inflammation and cardiovascular disease.1–3 Based on findings from recent clinical trials, CRP has been recommended as an adjunct screening tool to stratify cardiovascular risk in the general population4.
Julie K, Bower +3 more
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Yuting Pu,1,2 Shuangyang Li,2 Lingxue Wang,2 Bangjiang Fang,1 Xue Bai2 1LongHua Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 200032, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Neurology and National Traditional Chinese ...
Pu Y, Li S, Wang L, Fang B, Bai X
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