Tag: crp

A working guide to hs-CRP, ESR, fibrinogen, ferritin, and IL-6: what each marker tracks, how much of a single value is noise, how to handle samples so cytokine numbers mean something, and where affinity proteomics panels go beyond the standard five.

Yes, you can measure CRP at home, but only some kits report the low range that matters for cardiovascular risk stratification. How the assay types differ, what the numbers mean, and how to build a usable time series.