| Literature DB >> 15619419 |
Jessica L Clarke1, Jeffrey L Anderson, John F Carlquist, Richard F Roberts, Benjamin D Horne, Tami L Bair, Matthew J Kolek, Chrissa P Mower, Ashle M Crane, William L Roberts, Joseph B Muhlestein.
Abstract
A medium-sensitivity assay for C-reactive protein (CRP) was compared with a high-sensitivity, enhanced immunoturbidimetric assay in 803 angiographically studied patients. Different absolute CRP values were found by the assays, but there was a high correlation by quartile rank and similar predictive values for death and myocardial infarction. This suggests that the conclusions of previous studies performed using the medium-sensitivity assay are still valid but that cross-study comparisons should use percentile rank.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 15619419 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.08.087
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Cardiol ISSN: 0002-9149 Impact factor: 2.778