唾液
C反应蛋白
体质指数
全身炎症
医学
早晨
炎症
内科学
傍晚
纵向研究
风险因素
生理学
疾病
胃肠病学
免疫学
病理
物理
天文
作者
Dorothée Out,Rosalie J. Hall,Douglas A. Granger,Gayle G. Page,Stephanie J. Woods
标识
DOI:10.1016/j.bbi.2012.01.019
摘要
This study evaluated individual differences in levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) measured in saliva, cross-sectionally and prospectively, in relation to systemic inflammation and risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD). Plasma and saliva samples, later assayed for CRP, were collected multiple times from an ethnically diverse group of women seeking help from domestic violence crisis shelters-agencies (N = 107; mean age at study start = 34 years). Plasma and saliva CRP levels were moderately associated cross-sectionally and across two years. There were indications that saliva CRP levels were, on average, higher in the morning than evening. Higher levels of saliva and plasma CRP were associated with a higher body mass index, but did not differ between women who did and did not smoke. Salivary CRP reliably discriminated between high and low levels of plasma CRP, using a clinically relevant cutoff point of 3 mg/L, recommended by the American Heart Association. Results build upon an emerging literature suggesting that under specific conditions levels of CRP in saliva may reflect low-grade inflammation and have the potential to serve as a screen for CVD risk status.
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