What are the normal CRP levels?
Dr. K K Aggarwal, President Heart Care Foundation of India and Group Editor in Chief MEDtalks, will discuss the normal CRP levels in this video. When CRP is negative then a high sensitivity CRP test is advised. CRP levels can vary according to age, sex and races. There are formulas to calculate the levels. It is general age divided by 50 in males. In females, it is age divided by 50 plus 0.6. The normal value of CRP is less than 0.3 gram/dl is normal and more than 1 means inflammation. In between 0.3 to 1 is low grade inflammation.
Dr. KK Aggarwal
Recipient of Padma Shri, Vishwa Hindi Samman, National Science Communication Award and Dr B C Roy National Award, Dr Aggarwal is a physician, cardiologist, spiritual writer and motivational speaker. He was the Past President of the Indian Medical Association and President of Heart Care Foundation of India. He was also the Editor in Chief of the IJCP Group, Medtalks and eMediNexus
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