HIGH SENSITIVITY- C REACTIVE PROTEIN AS CARDIOVASCULAR RISK MARKER IN METABOLIC SYNDROME PATIENTS.

Abstract

Background & Objectives: 20-25% of the world's adult population have metabolic syndrome (MetS); mortality of these people is double, and the morbidity of heart attack or stroke is three times higher than in the healthy population. Recent research has focused on the use of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP), a marker of inammation, in the detection of patients at increased risk for cardiovascular disease. The study was conducted to evaluate for the evidence of the association between baseline hs-CRP levels and the metabolic syndrome. Methods: It was a cross-sectional study of 200 adults, 18–50 years of age, both the sexes randomly selected from diabetes & obesity OPD at tertiary care hospital & compared with 200 age & sex-matched controls. Diagnosis of Metabolic syndrome was done according to Modied National Cholesterol Education Program ATP III criteria (2004). High Sensitivity -C Reactive Proteins -hs-CRP was done by ELISA method (CAL BIOTECH). Statistical Analysis was done by Pearson correlation coefcient to study the correlation between hs-CRP & various components of metabolic syndrome. Results: We found signicantly increased hs-CRP levels (P<0.001) in metabolic syndrome, 60% of patients with metabolic syndrome belonged to the high-risk group with a mean hs-CRP value >3 mg/L & a positive correlation of hs-CRP with abdominal circumference & triglyceride & HDL levels Conclusion: increased hs- CRP levels in metabolic syndrome may increase the risk of having cardiovascular mortality. These prospective data suggest that measurement of hs-CRP adds clinically important prognostic information to the metabolic syndrome.