Relationship between tongue presentations and serum level of C-reactive protein in patients with acute cerebral infarction / 中国中西医结合杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the relationship between tongue presentations and the serum level of C-reactive protein (CRP) in patients with acute cerebral infarction (ACI).</p><p><b>METHODS</b>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.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>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).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Correlation between tongue presentations and serum CRP level is possibly existed in patients with ACI.</p>