High-sensitivity C-reactive protein as a better predictor of post-thrombolytic functional outcome in patients with previous antiplatelet therapy

Abstract

BackgroundC-reactive protein (CRP) is an important biomarker of inflammation and plays a pivotal role in predicting the clinical prognosis of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. However, the mechanism of inflammation influencing the outcome of patients with ischemic stroke are unknown.AimsWe aim to investigate the association between hsCRP and mRS in 194 eligible patients by therapy-stratified analyses.MethodsThe modification effects of antiplatelet therapy on the association between mRS and different exposure variables were analyzed. The retained variables were analyzed in the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve to discriminate patients with poor outcome.ResultshsCRP was positively correlated with mRS in therapy-stratified analyses. There was a statistical modification effect of antiplatelet therapy on the association of hsCRP and mRS (P for interaction = 0.0101). The discriminative effect of poor outcome was further verified by ROC curve analyses (AUCwith from 0.758 to 0.872, AUCwithout from 0.709 to 0.713).ConclusionshsCRP is correlated with the clinical outcome of patients treated with IVrt-PA, and may be a better predictor of post-thrombolytic functional outcome in patients with previous antiplatelet therapy than in non-used patients.