ARTERIOSCLEROSIS THROMBOSIS AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY, cilt.31, sa.9, ss.2151-2157, 2011 (SCI-Expanded)
Objective-Levels of acute phase reactants are affected by age. The extent to which cardiovascular risk associated with aging is due to an increase in the inflammatory burden is not known. We assessed the relationship with age of inflammatory markers, representing (1) systemic (C-reactive protein, fibrinogen, and serum amyloid-A) and (2) vascular (lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A(2) and pentraxin-3) inflammation.