C-reactive protein, another inflammatory marker, is also commonly elevated.

Constitutional symptoms and elevated serologic inflammatory markers have also been reported.

The immune hypotheses is supported by findings of high serum levels of inflammatory markers.

Cigarette smoking is associated with increased levels of inflammatory markers.

Acute inflammatory markers have been shown to be both prognostic and predictive of future cardiovascular events in several populations.

Other inflammatory markers may also have causal properties, but are not as well understood.

Lastly, the inflammatory markers were examined in fully adjusted models.

Whether having lower levels of this inflammatory marker might translate into a lower risk for heart disease remains to be seen, however.

A. We've known for many years that a number of inflammatory markers predict coronary events.

For example, obesity increases the release of inflammatory markers associated with impaired brain function.