A Clinical Study on Blood Lipids as a Risk Factor of Cerebral Infarction

• Main Authors: Yeon-hui Son (Author), Sang-hee Lee (Author), Jae-kyu Kim (Author), Hyun-yun Jeong (Author), Young-kyun Kim (Author), Jung-nam Kwon (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Korean Pharmacopuncture Institute, 2008-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.
• Notes: 10.3831/KPI.2008.11.4.049; 2093-6966; 2234-6856
• Keywords: acute brain infarction; silent brain infartion; case-control study; risk factor; blood lipid; Medicine; R; Miscellaneous systems and treatments; RZ409.7-999; Therapeutics. Pharmacology; RM1-950
• Source: Journal of Pharmacopuncture, Vol 11, Iss 4, Pp 49-58 (2008)

Objective : The purpose of this case-control study was done to examine the relationship among the acute brain infarction, silent brain infarction and blood lipids. Methods : We compared the components of blood lipids among acute brain infarction patients group (n=99), silent brain infarction patients group(n=101) and controls group (n=153). The analysis of the data was done by Frequency Analysis, one-way ANOVA, Post Hoc Test(Duncan), Pearson's Correlation. Results : The results were as follows. High density lipoprotein cholesterol(HDL-Chol) was significantly lower in patients of acute brain infarctions group. The blood levels of total cholesterol(T-Chol) was significantly higher in patients of silent brain infarctions. A study on the relationship among the significant variables ; In T-Chol and HDL-Chol, DM(No=0, Yes=1) and Age, they had positive correlation each other. Between Sex(Female=0, Male=1) and HDL-Chol, Age and HDL-Chol, DM and HDL-Chol, they had negative correlation each other. Conclusions : These results suggest that low HDL-Chol may be risk factor of acute brain infarction.