Critical Appraisal

Assessment of The Relationship Between Preprocedural C-Reactive

Protein/Albumin Ratio and Stent Restenosis in Patients with ST-Segment
Elevation Myocardial Infarction

1. PICO Journal
Population : 448 patients were referred for redo coronary
angiography due to recurrence of angina symptoms.
Intervention : Redo coronary angiography
prognostic factor
and exposure

Comparison : Comparison Baseline (prior to pPCI) demographic,

clinical and laboratory characteristics of patients with
and without restenosis
Outcome : Patients with stent restenosis had a higher CRP/albumin
ratio
2. Methode : Retrospective study
3. Location : Istinye University Education and Research Hospital
Istanbul, Turkey
4. Timing : January 2010 and June 2016
5. Population : 448 patients
6. Statistical analysis:
7. The normality of the data was determined using the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test.
8. T test or Mann-Whitney U-test was conducted to compare variables between
two groups.
9. Normal distribution were compared between three groups using analysis of
variance and the Kruskal-Wallis H-test
10. Categorical variables were presented as numbers (percentages) and compared
using Fisher’s exact test or the chi-square test
11. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed to identify independent
predictors of stent restenosis using variables that showed a statistically
significant association with stent restenosis in univariate analysis.
12.