Patent ID: 9700538
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: A61K,A61P,G01N

Claim:
1. A combined marker for evaluating risk of cardiovascular disease of a subject who has no history of onset of cardiovascular disease, wherein the marker comprises a blood high sensitivity C reactive protein value (hs-CRP value) and a serum eicosapentaenoic acid/arachidonic acid ratio (EPA/AA ratio), wherein the risk of cardiovascular disease is evaluated to be high when the hs-CRP value is at least 1.0 m/L md the EPA/AA ratio is less than 0.25, md the risk of cardiovascular disease is evaluated to be high when the hs-CRP value is at least 1.0 mg/L and the EPA/AA ratio is at least 0.25 and less than 0.50, and wherein the cardiovascular disease is coronary artery disease or cerebral stroke.