Significance of Persistent Inflammation in Patients With Chronic Coronary Syndrome: Insights From the REAL-CAD Study.

Even after adjusting for the confounders, including sex, age, current smoker, body mass index, diabetes, AF, CKD, and serum levels of lipid parameters at 6-month follow-up, LDL-C, HDL-C, and triglycerides, the excess risk of the persistently high hs-CRP group (Group D) relative to the persistently low hs-CRP group (Group A) remained highly significant for both the primary and secondary outcome measures, while there was no excess risk of the reduced and elevated hs-CRP groups (Group B and C) relative to the persistently low hs-CRP group (Group A) for the primary and secondary outcome measures ( Figure 3A and B ).

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