Author/Authors :
Clarke، نويسنده , , Jessica L. and Anderson، نويسنده , , Jeffrey L. and Carlquist، نويسنده , , John F. and Roberts، نويسنده , , Richard F. and Horne، نويسنده , , Benjamin D. and Bair، نويسنده , , Tami L. and Kolek، نويسنده , , Matthew J. and Mower، نويسنده , , Chrissa P. and Crane، نويسنده , , Ashle M. and Roberts، نويسنده , , William L. and Muhlestein، نويسنده , , Joseph B.، نويسنده ,
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.
