Title of article
Letter to the Editor: Pentraxin-3 as a Marker of both the Presence and the Severity of Metabolic Syndrome
Author/Authors
Canpolat, Uğur Türkiye Yüksek İhtisas Training and Research Hospital - Cardiology Clinic, Turkey , Turak, Osman Türkiye Yüksek İhtisas Training and Research Hospital - Cardiology Clinic, Turkey , Tok, Derya Türkiye Yüksek İhtisas Training and Research Hospital - Cardiology Clinic, Turkey , Çağlı, Kumral Türkiye Yüksek İhtisas Training and Research Hospital - Cardiology Clinic, Turkey , Aydoğdu, Sinan Türkiye Yüksek İhtisas Training and Research Hospital - Cardiology Clinic, Turkey
From page
390
To page
390
Abstract
In a recent issue of Medical Principles and Practice, we were grateful to read an interesting article by Karakas et al. investigating the relationship between the level of pentraxin-3 (PTX-3) and the severity of metabolic syndrome (MS) in a total of 203 subjects. They reported that PTX-3 levels were significantly higher in patients with 5 MS criteria compared to healthy controls and groups with 3 and 4 MS criteria, and that PTX-3 was well correlated with serum hs-CRP levels (r = 0.49, p 0.001). We thank the authors for their structural and complementary contributions to the area of inflammation and its relationship with MS.
Journal title
Medical Principles and Practice
Journal title
Medical Principles and Practice
Record number
2585650
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