Open AccessDIFFERENCE IN LIPID LEVELS;
Author(s) -
Tazeen Rasheed,
Imran Khalid,
Muhammad Tanveer Alam,
Muhammad Aurengzeb,
Rana Qamar,
Pawan Kumar
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
the professional medical journal/the professional medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2071-7733
pISSN - 1024-8919
DOI - 10.29309/tpmj/2012.19.06.2487
Subject(s) - dyslipidemia , medicine , stroke (engine) , observational study , lipid profile , ischemic stroke , total cholesterol , significant difference , cholesterol , ischemia , obesity , mechanical engineering , engineering
Objectives: To determine the frequency of dyslipidemias in patients with stroke and to compare the lipid levels in ischemic andhemorrhagic stroke patients. Study design: An observational study. Setting: Medical wards of Civil Hospital Karachi. Period: January 2010 toJune 2011. Methodology: A total of three hundred and fifty- five patients above the age of 18 years with clinical evidence of stroke. CT scanbrain and fasting lipid levels were done in all patients. The lipid levels were compared between the ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke patients.Data was analyzed with SPSS version 16.0. Results: Out of the 355 patients 161 (45.4%) had dyslipidemia. Among the dyslipidemic patients,there was not a statistically significant difference in serum cholesterol, triglycerides, and LDL and HDL levels between ischemic andhemorrhagic stroke. (p- value > 0.05). Conclusions: There is a high frequency of dyslipidemia in stroke patients. While comparing ischemicand hemorrhagic strokes there was not a significant difference between the various lipid fractions.