No change in site specificity or gender predilection for gastric adenocarcinoma has been noted in the past 16 years. However, a gender-dependent paradigm shift in the mean age of presentation is discernible for cancers involving the OGJ, proximal stomach and antrum.

BACKGROUNDElevated levels of hs-CRP are found to be related with higher risk of first ever cardiovascular, cerebrovascular and peripheral vascular diseases and also initial CRP levels carry prognostic value in acute ischaemic stroke & acute coronary syndrome. This study aims to describe such relation.