Introduction: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a worldwide major disease, both for the number of patients and cost of treatment involved. Screening for CKD at an early stage helps to initiate specific therapy to reduce the progression of renal disease and burden of end stage renal disease (ESRD). Patients with CKD and ESRD show elevated acute phase C-reactive protein (CRP) levels as a consequence of chronic inflammatory states. The aim of this research was to study the significance of CRP with objective of finding an association between the CRP and parameters of other co-morbidities.
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