Correlation between residual cholesterol level and vertebrobasilar artery dilatation in elderly patients with acute cerebral infarction
Mei Yuqing
Guo Yanwei
Zhang Wenting
Zhang Min
Yang Guimei
Abstract：Objective To investigate the correlation between the residual cholesterol(RC)level and vertebrobasilar dilatation(VBD)in elderly patients with acute cerebral infarction(ACI).Methods A total of 325 elderly ACI patients admitted to Department of Neurology,Changzhou Second People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University from January 2020 to July 2021 were recruited retrospectively.All of them underwent cranial MRI,CTA and biochemical test for plasma levels of TC,TG,LDL-C and HDL-C and other biochemical indicators.According to the imaging diagnostic criteria,they were divided into VBD group(52 cases)and non-VBD group(273 cases).Their clini-cal data were compared between the two groups,and the relationship between RC level and VBD was analyzed in the elderly ACI patients.Results Significant differences were observed in age,sex,hypertension,history of smoking and TC and RC levels between the VBD group and non-VBD group(P＜0.05,P＜0.01).Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that after adjus-ting the potential confounding factors,age(OR=1.126,95％CI:1.065-1.191,P=0.000),male(OR=4.163,95％CI:11.173-10.120,P=0.002),and RC level(OR=1.270,95％CI:1.151-1.401,P=0.000)were independent risk factors for VBD in elderly ACI patients.Conclusion Age,male and RC level are independent risk factors for VBD in elderly ACI patients.High RC lev-el may increase the risk of VBD.
Keywords：brain infarctionvertebrobasilar insufficiencycholesterollogistic models
Publication Date：2023-12-15
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 1324-1327 )