C-reactive protein as a marker of progression of carotid atherosclerosis in subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

CONCLUSIONS: We demonstrated an association between the inflammatory marker hs-CRP and either CIMT or incidence of plaques/unstable plaques at the time of recruitment in Caucasians with T2DM. Moreover, we found the association between hs-CRP levels and either CIMT progression rate or a change in the number of sites with plaques in a 3.8-year follow-up in subjects with T2DM.
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Source: VASA. Zeitschrift fur Gefasskrankheiten. Journal for Vascular Diseases - February 19, 2017 Category: Surgery Authors: Pleskovič A, Letonja MŠ, Vujkovac AC, Nikolajević Starčević J, Gazdikova K, Caprnda M, Gaspar L, Kruzliak P, Petrovič D Tags: Vasa Source Type: research