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ArticleThe Journal of international medical research2018

Microvascular complications of diabetes worsen long-term functional outcomes after acute ischemic stroke.

Longling Li, Changqing Li

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Article in The Journal of international medical research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Longling LiDepartment of Neurology, The 2nd Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Linjianglu, Chongqing, China.
Changqing LiDepartment of Neurology, The 2nd Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Linjianglu, Chongqing, China.
Chongqing Medical University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objective This study was performed to evaluate the potential predictors of poor outcomes associated with diabetes-specific microvascular pathologies and to analyze their influence on clinical outcomes by adjusting for other well-known prognostic factors in patients with acute ischemic stroke. Methods We analyzed 1389 consecutive adult patients with acute ischemic stroke and explored the relationship among clinical characteristics, laboratory measurements, imaging findings, and 6-month functional outcomes. Results The final study population comprised 216 patients with both acute ischemic stroke and diabetes mellitus who were followed up for 6 months. A multiple logistic regression analysis of poor outcomes revealed the following independent predictors: leukoaraiosis severity [odds ratio (OR), 7.38; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.40-38.86, per 1-point increase), diabetic nephropathy (OR, 10.66; 95% CI, 1.10-103.43), and the admission National Institutes of Health stroke scale score (OR, 2.58; 95% CI, 1.36-4.92 per 1-point increase). In this model, admission hyperglycemia and intracerebral hemorrhagic transformation were not independent prognostic predictors. Conclusion Microvascular complications (such as nephropathy) caused by diabetes mellitus predict an unfavorable clinical outcome after acute ischemic stroke. Diabetic nephropathy may partly affect post-stroke prognosis by means of exacerbating leukoaraiosis.

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AgedAged, 80 and overBrain IschemiaCohort StudiesDiabetic AngiopathiesDiabetic NephropathiesFemaleHumansLeukoaraiosisMaleMicrovesselsMiddle AgedPrognosisRecovery of FunctionRisk FactorsStrokeAcute strokediabetes mellitusfunctional recoveryleukoaraiosismicrovascular complicationsoutcome

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