Chinese Journal of Prevention and Control of Chronic Diseases 2006;0(04):-

A Clinical Study on the Relationship of C-reactive Protiein with Diabetic Cardiomyopathy

Hong DING ; Yanyan HU

Keywords

C-reactive protein; Diabetic; Myocardial diseases

Country

China

Language

Chinese

Abstract

Objective To investigate the relationship of serum levels of C-reactve protein (CRP) with diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM). Method Thirty-six patients with DCM were recruited as DCM group and thirty healthy people as the control. Serum levels of CRP in all subjects were determined by immunoturbidimetry. Results Compared with control group, the serum levels of CRP in patients with DCM were singnificantly increased by about 3.7 folds[(6.95?1.37)mg/dL vs.(1.89?0.38) mg/dL, P