The relationship between highly sensitive creactive protein and acute cerebral infarction

Objective To investigate the changes of the serum level of highly sensitive C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) in patients with acute cerebral infarction and its relationship to the lesions、 severity of cerebral infarction. Methods The serum level of hs-CRP in 120 patients and 90 healthy persons was determined. All the patients were scored by clinic neurological deficit scale ,and compared in groups. Results The serum level of hs-CRP in the patients was significantly higher than that in normal controls ( P 0.01),between natiewtn with different lesion infarction-erum hs-CRP levels had no difference.it was significantly higher in the serious group than in the middle and mild groups ( P 0.05 ). Conclusions The serum level of hs-CRP is closely correlated with the severity of cerebral infarction. Had nothing to do with the lesion localion.