BACKGROUND The high incidence and damage of PAD in people with diabetes has aroused wide attention. We aimed to examine effects of percutaneous lower-extremity arterial interventions (PLEAIs) on endothelial function and inflammation response in type 2 diabetes (T2D) patients with lower-extremity peripheral arterial disease (PAD). METHODS 78 T2D inpatients with PAD were selected into the treat...

BACKGROUND Prehypertension (PreHT) and low-grade inflammation are both known to be related to the incidence of cardiovascular events. This cohort study investigated whether the high-risk group for future ischemic stroke among PreHT subjects can be predicted by stratification of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP). METHODS A total of 22,676 subjects aged 40-80 years from the general po...

Keywords: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) high sensitive C-reactive protein (hsCRP) Homocysteine (HCY) cardiovascular disease (CVD). Introduction: Incidence of vascular complications is found to be high in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients. Conventional risk factors were not able to explain this high prevalence of CAD. Since inflammation is considered as one of the major reasons for vascular co...

OBJECTIVE Three blood markers of inflammation (high-sensitivity C-reactive protein [hsCRP], interleukin [IL]-6, and fibrinogen) were compared with markers of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (CVD) (history of stroke or cardiac ischemia and measured toe-brachial index [TBI]) to determine whether inflammatory markers are associated with atherosclerosis in patients with type 2 diabetes. RE...

The CC-chemokine receptor 5 (CCR5) is a receptor for various proinflammatory chemokines, and a deletion variant of the CCR5 gene (CCR5 Delta 32) leads to deficiency of the receptor. We hypothesized that CCR5 Delta 32 modulates inflammation-driven mortality in patients with ESRD. We studied the interaction between CCR5 genotype and levels of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) in 603 inc...

INTRODUCTION. It has been shown that inflammation affects thyroid function. In patients with end-stage renal disease, low plasma triiodothyronine (T3) may be an unsuspected expression of the inflammatory state of these patients. This study evaluated the correlation between T3 and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (HSCRP) levels in patients on peritoneal dialysis (PD) and hemodialysis. MATERIA...

BACKGROUND C-reactive protein (CRP) has been well recognized as a strong independent predictor of short-term and long-term mortality after non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes. However, limited studies have been conducted correlating CRP levels within 6 h following the onset of ST-segment elevation (ST-se) acute myocardial infarction (AMI) to mortality. The purpose of this study wa...

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) leads to multiple end-organ morbidities that are mediated by the cumulative burden of oxidative stress and inflammation. Both OSA and inflammation play key roles in increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Thus, we hypothesized that the combination of inflammation and OSA could accelerate the development of metabolic syndrome (MetS) in a large cohort study.A...

BACKGROUND High-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP), a marker of systemic inflammation, may promote atherosclerosis, particularly among adults with elevated blood pressure; however, data are sparse. We examined the association between hsCRP concentrations and risk of total stroke by hypertension status (normotension, prehypertension, and hypertension) among men in the Physicians' Health Stud...