Studies on Blood Lipids in Cases with Cerebrovascular Diseases

Abstract

Serum total cholesterol, phospholipids and triglycerides were determined in 43 cases with cerebrovascular diseases as well as 97 control cases and the following results were obtained. Control values of serum cholesterol, phospholipids and triglycerides were 189.5 (153-225), 179 (147-217) and 87.2 (65.7-116) mg/100 ml respectively, which did not seem to be affected by sex and age. Cerebrovascular diseases were divided into 3 groups, 3 cases with subarachnoid hemorrhage, 9 cases with cerebral hemorrhage, and 31 cases with cerebral infarction. The mean value of each lipid fraction was somewhat higher in every group than that in the control, however, only the increase of cerebral infarction was statistically significant (p< 0.001). Serum triglycerides level was significantly increased as time elapsed after the onset of stroke, however, such a trend was not demonstrated in regard with cholesterol and phospholipids. Triglycerides level was 98.4 (71-134 mg/100 ml within the first week, and increased to 120 (99-140) mg/100 ml within a month, at which level was maintained for 12 months thereafter.