Key result
Increasing carotid artery intima media thickness was significantly associated with higher body mass index groups in ischemic stroke patients (P<0.05).
Why the study?
Is body mass index associated with carotid intima media thickness in ischemic stroke patients?
Observational
Is body mass index associated with carotid intima media thickness in ischemic stroke patients?
p-value: p=<0.05
In ischemic stroke patients, increasing body mass index is significantly associated with increased carotid intima media thickness, a surrogate marker of atherosclerosis.
Should not change practice; leaves open whether BMI modification slows carotid atherosclerosis in ischemic stroke.
BACKGROUND: Carotid artery intima media thickness reflects the ongoing process of atherosclerosis in the body. The pathologic process occurring in the obese patients in the vascular system is atherosclerosis which is an important cause of ischemic stroke. Body mass index is an indirect measure of obesity in general population. AIM: The study was to assess the role of carotid artery intima media thickness as a marker of atherosclerosis and its relation with body mass index in ischemic stroke patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Body mass index of the all stroke patients was calculated by using formula body mass in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters. The patients were classified in four groups of body mass index according to Indian standards. Carotid sonography was done to assess the common carotid artery intima media thickness in millimeters by using high resolution 7.5 MHz sonography technique. RESULTS: The average Carotid intima media thickness in this study was 9.23mm. There was a significant association found between increasing carotid artery intima media thickness and groups of body mass index (P- <0.05) in ischemic stroke patients. CONCLUSIONS: Body mass index as an indicator of obesity and carotid intima media thickness both are very important risk factors for ischemic stroke and are associated with each other.
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Singh et al. (2013) conducted an observational in Ischemic stroke. Body mass index was evaluated on Association between carotid artery intima media thickness and body mass index (p=<0.05). Increasing carotid artery intima media thickness was significantly associated with higher body mass index groups in ischemic stroke patients (P<0.05).
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