Relationship between high-sensitivity C-reactive protein and blood pressure grading in hypertensive patients
ZHU Hua-gang
JIA Ruo-fei
MENG Shuai
JIN Ze-ning
Abstract：Objective To investigate the relationship between the level of serum high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) and blood pressure grading in elderly hypertensive patients. Methods The elderly patients (n=209) were chosen from Beijing Anzhen Hospital from Jun. 2013 to Nov. 2013 as study subjects. According to the diagnostic standard in the Chinese Hypertension Prevention and Cure Guideline (2010), the patients were divided into control group (n=105) and hypertension group (n=104), and hypertension group was divided further into 3 subgroups (grade I subgroup, grade II subgroup and grade III subgroup) according to hypertension grading. The level of serum hs-CRP was detected in all groups. Results The level of serum hs-CRP was (1.57±2.18) mg/L in control group and (3.91±4.64) mg/L in hypertension group (P<0.05). The level of serum hs-CRP increased in grade II subgroup [(5.73±4.00) mg/L] compared with grade I subgroup [(2.95±3.27) mg/L] but the difference had no statistical significance (P>0.05), and increased significantly in grade III subgroup [(7.60±8.13) mg/L] (P<0.05). The level of serum hs-CRP increased significantly in grade III subgroup compared with grade II subgroup (P<0.05). Conclusion The level of serum hs-CRP will increase in hypertensive patients, and the higher the hypertension grading, the more significant the increase of hs-CRP level.
Keywords：High-sensitivity C-reactive proteinHypertension
Publication Date：2014-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：2( 320-321 )