Association between serum triglycerides and stroke type, severity, and prognosis. Analysis in 6558 patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Hypertriglyceridemia (HT) may increase the risk of stroke. Limited studies have shown that stroke severity and infarction size are smaller in patients with HT. We explored the relationship between triglyceride levels and stroke risk factors, severity and outcome in a large prospective database.

Design

Prospective Cross-sectional study.

Setting

We retrospectively interrogated the Qatar Stroke Database in all patients admitted between 2014-2022 with acute ischemic stroke and evaluated the relationship between triglyceride, diabetes, stroke severity (measured on NIHSS), stroke type (TOAST classification) and the short- (mRS at 90 days) and long-term outcomes (MACE at 1 year) in patients with HT.

Participants

Six thousand five hundred fift

SUBMITTER: Akhtar N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10913234 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature