高血清C反应蛋白水平不是中风的独立预测因素:鹿特丹研究
Michiel J Bos1, C Maarten A Schipper, Peter J Koudstaal
1Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Erasmus Medical Center, PO Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Circulation
|October 4, 2006
概括
高C反应蛋白 (CRP) 水平与中风风险增加有关,但不能改善个人中风风险预测. 这一发现影响了心血管风险评估策略.
科学领域:
- 心脏病学 心脏病学
- 神经学 神经学
- 生物标志物 生物标志物
背景情况:
- 目前的指导方针建议高灵敏度C反应蛋白 (hs-CRP) 用于心血管风险预测.
- 新出现的证据质疑CRP的预测价值,尽管它与心血管疾病有关.
- 这项研究调查了CRP作为未来中风风险因素和预测因素的作用.
研究的目的:
- 为了确定C反应性蛋白 (CRP) 水平是否与未来中风风险有关.
- 评估CRP在预测个人中风风险方面的有用性.
主要方法:
- 利用了6430名参与者 (年龄≥55,在基线上没有中风) 在鹿特丹研究 (1990-1993) 中的数据.
- 评估中风风险变化与基线CRP血清水平使用Cox比例危险模型.
- 通过接收器运行特征曲线评估CRP对个人中风风险的预测准确性.
主要成果:
- 在8.2年的时间里,发生了498次首次中风.
- 升高的CRP水平与任何中风 (HR 1.14) 和缺血性中风 (HR 1.17) 的风险有显著关联.
- 纳入CRP水平并没有提高个体中风风险预测的准确性,即使与像Framingham中风风险得分这样的既定得分相结合.
结论:
- 有证据表明,C-反应蛋白 (CRP) 水平与中风风险增加有关.
- 在评估个人中风风险方面,CRP的临床实用性似乎有限.
- 可能需要进一步的研究来澄清CRP在中风风险分层中的作用.
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