title: [Relationship between tongue presentations and serum level of C-reactive protein in patients with acute cerebral infarction].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the relationship between tongue presentations and the serum level of C-reactive protein (CRP) in patients with acute cerebral infarction (ACI).
  
  
  METHODS
  Tongue presentations of 200 incipient unilateral ACI patients were observed, their serum CRP level was determined, and the relationship between the two entries was analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Serum level of CRP in patients with thick tongue coating were significantly more than those with thin coating (117 cases vs. 73 cases); tongue coating was greasy in 149 patients and un-greasy in 51 patients. Spearman correlation analysis showed that the serum level of CRP was positively correlated with the thickness of tongue coating (r = 0.186, P = 0.008); also with the greasy degree. The difference of CRP levels in patients with different color and dryness of tongue was insignificant statistically (P > 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Correlation between tongue presentations and serum CRP level is possibly existed in patients with ACI.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing.
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Jue-Xian
authors.initials: JX
authors.lastname: Song
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002097:C-Reactive Protein / Q000378:metabolism*; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000097:blood* / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D014059:Tongue
chemical_list: D002097:C-Reactive Protein