Volume : 5, Issue : 4, April - 2016

Association of C-Reactive Protein with the cardiac co-morbidities in COPD �a cross-sectional study.

Dr Pankaj Gholap, Dr Nitin Kailash, Dr S. V. Ghorpade, Dr. Pranay Gandhi

Abstract :

<p>&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;Background: Acute-phase reactants like CRP, could provide good markers of prognosis in COPD. Aims and objectives: 1. To study the prevalence of various cardiac comorbidities in COPD. 2. To study its relationship with inflammatory marker C Reactive Protein. Methodology: 130 patients of COPD were studied over a period of 2 years in a tertiary hospital. Observation and results: C Reactive protein is positive in 31% of study population. The prevalence of hypertension in COPD is 45.38%. Out of 59 patients of hypertension in COPD, 32 were C Reactive protein positive and 27 were CRP negative. The prevalence of Ischemic heart disease in COPD patient is 18.46% and that of heart failure is 19.23%. Conclusion: All the 3 cardiac co-morbidties i.e. Hypertension, Ischemic heart disease and Heart failure are significantly associated with the CRP in COPD patients&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;</p>