Levels of C-reactive protein in serum samples from healthy children and adults in São Paulo, Brazil

• Main Author: M.A. Ribeiro
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 1997-09-01
• Series: Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
• Subjects: C-reactive protein (CRP); serum CRP
• Online Access: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X1997000900002

C-reactive protein (CRP) was measured by ELISA in the sera of 165 healthy blood donors and 125 normal children 1 to 14 years old. The serum levels of blood donors ranged from 0.05 to 57.6 mg/l with median and mean values of 1.8 mg/l and 4.86 mg/l, respectively. CRP levels ranged from 0.02 to 14.4 mg/l in the children's sera, the median being 0.45 mg/l and the mean 1.65 mg/l. No individual lacking CRP was detected. The high CRP levels observed in the present study suggest that the population of the State of São Paulo may usually be exposed to subacute infections and/or inflammation without presenting clinical symptoms