IL-1β level in Sudanese patients with atherosclerotic coronary heart disease

Abstract

Background: High level of interleukin-1β (IL-1β) is common in patients with coronary heart

disease (CHD). However, the effects of age and ethnicity onIL-1β levels are not clear. Aim:

This study assessed IL-1β level in Sudanese patients with CHD and evaluated the effect of

age on systemic level of IL-1β. Methods and materials: The study involved a control group of

eighty-one apparently healthy subjects and a test group of one hundred patients with

atherosclerotic CHD proved by coronary angiography. Patients' glycaemic control, lipid ...