High-Sensitivity C-reactive Protein and Intracranial Arterial Stenosis Predicted Recurrent Stroke and Dependence or Death in Minor Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack.

Compared with the patients with nonelevated hsCRP levels and no ICAS, those with both elevated hsCRP levels and ICAS had increased risk of recurrent ischemic stroke after adjustment (adjusted HR, 2.62; 95% CI, 1.28–5.34; p =0.008) ( Table 2 ) , and a nominally significant association with recurrent ischemic stroke was observed among patients with nonelevated hsCRP levels and with ICAS (adjusted HR, 2.03; 95% CI, 0.98–4.20; p =0.058) ( Table 2 ) .

also in 7,732 other papers