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Metabolic syndrome and C-reactive protein in stroke prediction: A prospective study in Taiwan
Metabolism-Clinical and Experimental, 06/08/09

Chen PC et al. – Both C-reactive protein (CRP) levels and the metabolic syndrome (MetS) are independent factors associated with stroke among ethnic Chinese.

Methods

Study of whether stroke was associated with MetS and CRP levels in an ethnic Chinese population and whether these 2 factors add to traditional risk factors in predicting stroke risk
Subjects: 65 first-time stroke pts and 109 stroke-free controls from a community cohort
Follow-up: 10-yr period until 2005
Measurement of MetS, CRP levels, and traditional risk factors in 1994-1995

Results

Multivariate logistic regression adjusted stroke odds ratio: 2.55 (95% confidence interval, 1.05-6.23) for subjects in top tertile CRP levels vs bottom tertile levels in controls
Risk not attenuated after further adjustment for MetS
Risk for stroke associated with MetS eliminated after model inclusion of hypertension and diabetes
Area under receiver operating characteristic curves for traditional risk factors (0.676) improved little by adding CRP (0.691), MetS (0.688), or combination of these 2 variables (0.702)

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