Elevated inflammatory markers predict mortality in long-term ischemic stroke-survivors: a population-based prospective study.

CONCLUSIONS: Fibrinogen and IL-6 were independent predictors of mortality in long-term stroke-survivors, whereas elevated hs-CRP predicted mortality in stroke-free subjects. Mortality risk prediction in stroke-survivors differed from that of stroke-free subjects. PMID: 27146666 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27146666?dopt=Abstract

Source: Aging Clinical and Experimental Research - May 3, 2016 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Frøyshov HM, Bjørnerem Å, Engstad T, Halvorsen DS Tags: Aging Clin Exp Res Source Type: research