Title : Cardiovascular disease, fibrinogen and the acute phase response: associations with lipids and blood pressure in patients with chronic renal disease.

Pub. Date : 1998 Mar

PMID : 9568745






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1 Interleukin-6, the mediator of the acute phase response, was increased in the combined patient group (3.2 vs. 1.5, median, pg/ml, P=.0002) and correlated with fibrinogen (r=0.32, P=0.01) and inversely with HDL-cholesterol (r=0.39, P < 0.01), consistent with a persistent inflammatory response. Cholesterol interleukin 6 Homo sapiens