Cerebrovascular accident is the most important non communicable disease resulting in 2nd leading cause of death and 3rd leading cause of disability worldwide. Lipoproteins are considered as an independent risk factor for atherosclerosis. The atherogenecity of diabetics and non-diabetics are different. To study fasting serum lipid profile in patient with non-diabetic stroke and to determine significant correlation between them.
Material: The prospective observational study was done in the Department of Medicine M.R Medical College between 1st October 2019-31th March 2021. Fasting serum lipid profile was done on 50 patients of non-diabetic ischemic stroke in young patients.
Observation: In this study 62 %of patients had HDL<40 mg/dl, 42% had total cholesterol >200 mg/dl, 70 % of them had LDL cholesterol > 100 mg/dl and 44 % of patients had VLDL >30 mg/dl. In this study total cholesterol and LDL cholesterol were significantly associated with risk of stroke.
Conclusion: This study showed significant association of total cholesterol and LDL cholesterol in non-diabetics with stroke. Dyslipidemia modifiable risk factor, routine screening with lipid profile and early initiation of treatment of lipid lowering drugs will reduce the incidence of ischemic stroke.
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