title: Correlation of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein and plasma fibrinogen with individual complications in patients with type 2 diabetes.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We investigated the correlation between acute-phase reactants, ie, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) or fibrinogen and diabetic complications.
  
  
  METHODS
  In 73 patients with type 2 diabetes, we investigated associations between both markers and carotid artery intimal medial complex thickness (IMT), heart rate variability, or urinary albumin excretion (UAE).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Log hsCRP and fibrinogen correlated significantly with each other (r = 0.3701, P = 0.0013). Fibrinogen correlated negatively with the coefficient of variation of RR intervals (CV(RR)) and positively with log UAE (r = -0.2433, P = 0.0381; r = 0.4815, P < 0.0001), while log hsCRP did not. Furthermore both log hsCRP and fibrinogen did not correlate with IMT.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We concluded that despite their close correlation, fibrinogen compared with hsCRP might be closely associated with diabetic microangiopathy and that both markers might not correlate with IMT as a marker of macroangiopathy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Koshigaya Hospital, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, 2-1-50, Minami-Koshigaya, Koshigaya 343-8555, Japan. takeb@gmail.plala.or.jp
authors.forename: Kohzo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takebayashi
authors.forename: Mariko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Suetsugu
authors.forename: Rika
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Matsutomo
authors.forename: Sadao
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wakabayashi
authors.forename: Yoshimasa
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Aso
authors.forename: Toshihiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Inukai
mesh_terms: D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D002097:C-Reactive Protein / Q000378:metabolism*; D017536:Carotid Artery, Common / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications*; D003925:Diabetic Angiopathies / Q000097:blood* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D005340:Fibrinogen / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D017539:Tunica Intima / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D005340:Fibrinogen; D002097:C-Reactive Protein