@article{article_588068, title={A cross‐sectional study: Is there any effects of cholesterol ratios on acute ischemic stroke severity?}, journal={Turkish Journal of Clinics and Laboratory}, volume={10}, pages={437–439}, year={2019}, DOI={10.18663/tjcl.588068}, author={Öztürk, Bilgin and Ünsal, Miraç Ayşen}, keywords={iskemik inme,HDL-C,LDL-C}, abstract={<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:150%;"> <b> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">Aim: </span> </b> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">The
aim of prevention of stroke and stroke related complications is to control and
eliminate modifiable risk factors. Since hypercholesterolemia is one of these
risk factors, we aimed to compare the low density lipoprotein cholesterol
(LDL-C) / high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) and total cholesterol /
HDL-C ratios with NIHSS scores and to evaluate the effects of these ratios on
the severity of stroke. <b> </b> </span> </p> <p> <b> </b> </p> <b> </b> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:150%;"> <b> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">Material
and Methods: </span> </b> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">This retrospective cross-sectional
study included 207 patients with ischemic stroke. Demographic characteristics,
total cholesterol, triglycerides, LDL-C and HDL-C levels of patients who did
not use any lipid-lowering drug and NIHSS scores were recorded in a data
collection form. <b> </b> </span> </p> <p> <b> </b> </p> <b> </b> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:150%;"> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">The
effects of LDL-C / HDL-C and total cholesterol / HDL-C ratios on NIHSS scores
were investigated. <br /> <b>Results: </b>The mean age of the patients
was 69.3 years. The mean LDL-C / HDL-C ratio was 2.93 and the total cholesterol
/ HDL-C ratio was 4.68. The mean score of NIHSS was 7.05 at admission. No statistically
significant difference or correlation was observed between all these
parameters. </span> </p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:150%;"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:150%;"> <b> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">Conclusion: </span> </b> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">There
was no statistically significant relationship between HDL-C / LDL-C and total
cholesterol / HDL-C ratios and NIHSS scores. Considering the risk of ischemic
stroke, prospective multicentric studies are needed to find proper parameters. </span> </p> <p> </p> <p> <b> </b> </p> <b> </b>}, number={4}, publisher={DNT Ortadoğu Yayıncılık A.Ş.}