Inflammatory markers and elderly patients with stroke
Mark A. Simaga
摘要： The paper by Dr. Silvestri and his colleagues gives further evidence of the importance of inflammatory vascular components in arteriosclerotic disease. This study population of 150 (74 men, 76 women) is not a large sample but adequate to show statistical significance of CRP linked to IL-6 levels as predictors of further events in the 3-month follow-up sample (referred to as medium term) but not to one-year prognosis. The fact the IL-6 levels are elevated in proportion to the size of cerebrovascular events may unduly impact its importance as a marker when measured close to the time of the event, but the 3-month elevations may be evidence of ongoing cerebrovascular inflammatory changes and thus a better predictor of future strokes and cardiovascular events.
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论文发表日期：2004-01-01
在线出版日期：2025-08-15（本平台首次上网日期，不代表文献的发表时间）
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