Volume : IV, Issue : IX, September - 2015

TO STUDY THE CORRELATION BETWEEN SERUM URIC ACID LEVELS AND ACUTE ISCHEMIC STROKE.

Dr. Kondal Reddy Sankepally, Dr. R. Padma

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AIM AND OBJECTIVES: TO STUDY THE RELATION OF SERUM URIC ACID LEVELS AS A RISK FACTOR IN ACUTE ISCHEMIC STROKE. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This Cross–Section Study Was Performed From 2011 To 2014 on 50 Patients attending To Gandhi Hospital Medicine Department SECUNDERABAD With Ischemic Stroke With Focal Neurological Deficit. RESULTS: Out of 80 patients studied, 56 were males and 24 were females. Male: female ratio was 2.3:1. . Mean SUA level in cases was 6.48 ± 1.92 mg / dl whereas it was 5.09 ± 1.07 mg/dl for controls. Mean SUA level was significantly higher in cases as compared to controls (P< 0.001). Hypertension, Diabetes and serum Uric Acid were independently associated with stroke according to our study. But the mean SUA in hypertensive subjects (6.42 ± 1.85 mg/dl) was higher than that in normotensive subjects (5.49 ± 1.55 mg/dl) and was statistically significant (P= 0.00). There was a statistically significant difference between SUA levels in diabetic (6.85 ± 1.86 mg/dl, Range 3.1 – 12 mg/dl) and non–diabetic patients (5.56 ± 1.58 mg/dl, Range 2.1 – 11 mg/dl)) (P = 0.00) CONCLUSIONS: SUA is highly sensitive and an independent risk factor for Ischemic stroke in patients even without other traditional risk factors for atherosclerosis.

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Dr. Kondal Reddy Sankepally, Dr. R. PADMA To Study the Correlation Between Serum Uric Acid Levels and Acute Ischemic Stroke. International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol : 4, Issue : 9 September 2015

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