{"id":48678,"date":"2009-03-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-10T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2009\/03\/10\/the-test-everyone-should-get-hscrp\/"},"modified":"2022-08-28T19:27:13","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T00:27:13","slug":"the-test-everyone-should-get-hscrp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2009\/03\/10\/the-test-everyone-should-get-hscrp\/","title":{"rendered":"The test EVERYONE should get: hsCRP"},"content":{"rendered":"

March 10, 2009<\/font><\/p>\n

Contact: Lisa Spellman, UNMC Public Relations, (402) 559-4693, <\/font>lspellman@unmc.edu<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n

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The test EVERYONE should get: hsCRP<\/o:p><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

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There are lots of preventive health tests people should get but don’t.<\/font><\/p>\n

Mammograms, colonoscopies and prostate exams are not exactly high on everyone’s to do list.<\/font><\/p>\n

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But there is one test every adult should get, said Scott Shurmur, M.D., a cardiologist and board certified lipidologist and associate professor of internal medicine in cardiology in the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine..<\/font><\/p>\n

A simple blood test to check the highly sensitive C-reactive protein or hsCRP.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Because it could save your life.<\/font><\/p>\n

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“It has been found that subtle variations in low levels of hsCRP are what really predict heart disease risk,” Dr. Shurmur said.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Elevated hsCRP levels indicate vascular inflammation in the arteries of the heart, he said. A normal level is less than 1.0 milligrams per liter, while an elevated level is greater than 3.0 milligrams per liter.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

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This indicates how much plaque is being formed in the arteries and how likely that plague is to rupture and cause a heart attack.<\/font><\/p>\n

A presentation at the American Heart Association sparked the recent round of interest in hsCRP, Dr. Shurmur said.<\/font><\/p>\n

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The presentation focused on results from the investigator initiated JUPITER trial, which suggests that even people with normal cholesterol levels who have elevated hsCRP levels should be on a statin, he said.<\/font><\/p>\n

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JUPITER stands for Justification for the Use of statins in Prevention: an Intervention Trial Evaluating Rosuvastatin. The trial was funded by AstraZeneca. UNMC was not a participant in the trial. <\/font><\/p>\n

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“The trial also showed that statins not only reduce bad cholesterol levels, but also are effective at reducing hsCRP levels,” Dr. Shurmur said.<\/font><\/p>\n

Even though Crestor was used in the JUPITER trial, he said, all statins lower hsCRP levels. However,some are more effective than others.<\/font><\/p>\n

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“Clearly the risk of heart disease increases with age, but athlerosclerosis or plaque build-up is a life-long process,” Dr. Shurmur said. “So it makes sense for people to modify their diet and increase exercise as early in life as possible to decrease their risk.”<\/font><\/p>\n

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In his opinion, having a doctor test for hsCRP levels is like having your blood pressure or cholesterol checked.<\/font><\/p>\n

“It’s not terribly expensive,” Dr. Shurmur said. “It costs no more than routine lab tests.”<\/font><\/p>\n

And most insurance companies do cover those costs.<\/font><\/p>\n

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