METHOD FOR DIAGNOSTICS OF NATURE OF IMMUNE ACTIVATION IN PATIENTS WITH ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION WITH ABDOMINAL OBESITY

摘要

A method for diagnostics of the nature of immune activation in patients includes determination of the levels of pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines in blood plasma. Plasma level of interleukin-18 is estimated as pro-inflammatory cytokine, and interleukin-10 is estimated as anti-inflammatory cytokine, with further determination of the ratio of those. The nature of immune activation is diagnosed by integral characteristic increase of which makes evidence of domination of pro-inflammatory activity, and decrease, respectively, represents domination of anti-inflammatory activation.