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The standard CRP test is inadequate for detecting the low grade levels of inflammation measured with the hs-CRP test. CRP is an acute phase protein produced in the liver in response to cytokine production. The levels will increase several hundredfold if not a thousandfold during acute infection and tissue injury. High sensitivity assays are needed to detect the CRP levels within the normal range that have been used to predict vascular risk.