Diabetic patients are at a higher risk of lacunar infarction and dyslipidemia: results of a comparative pilot study from King Fahad Hospital of the University, Saudi Arabia

To describe the various risk factors and identify the characteristics of ischemic stroke in diabetic patients. A retrospective study carried out at King Fahd Hospital of the University in Al-Khobar, kingdom of Saudi Arabia from February 2010 to December 2015. Statistical analysis was performed by th...

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Published inNeurosciences (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) Vol. 22; no. 1; pp. 20 - 24
Main Author Zafar, Azra
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Saudi Arabia Saudi Medical Journal 01.01.2017
Riyadh : Armed Forces Hospital
Subjects
Case-Control Studies
Cerebral Small Vessel Diseases - epidemiology
Comorbidity
Diabetes Mellitus - epidemiology
Diabetics
Dyslipidemias
Dyslipidemias - epidemiology
Epidemiology
Female
Health aspects
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Original
Pilot Projects
Retrospective Studies
Risk Factors
Saudi Arabia - epidemiology
Stroke
Stroke, Lacunar - epidemiology
Saudi Arabia
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Summary:To describe the various risk factors and identify the characteristics of ischemic stroke in diabetic patients. A retrospective study carried out at King Fahd Hospital of the University in Al-Khobar, kingdom of Saudi Arabia from February 2010 to December 2015. Statistical analysis was performed by the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (version 22.0, SPSS Inc, Chicago, IL, USA). One hundred and twenty-seven diabetic patients with ischemic stroke were compared with 127 non-diabetics. Mean age was 61+/-13.6 (mean+/-SD) years for diabetics and 60+/-16.6 years for non-diabetics. There were 68.5% male in the diabetic group and 62.2% in the non-diabetic group. Small vessel occlusion was the most common subtype (41.7%) in diabetics and stroke of undetermined etiology (32%) in non-diabetics. Dyslipidemia was significantly more prevalent in diabetics as compared with non-diabetics. Our study found significant differences in characteristics of ischemic stroke in diabetics compared with non-diabetics with dyslipidemia, microangiopathy, and lacunar infarction being more frequent. Further epidemiological studies are required to understand the characteristics of strokes in diabetics.
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ISSN:1319-6138
DOI:10.17712/nsj.2017.1.20160302