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- Title
İskemik Serebrovasküler Hastalıkta Homosisteinin Rolü.
- Authors
Yılmaz, Fevzi; Demircan, Ahmet; Bildik, Fikret
- Abstract
Objective: Stroke currently comes third among mortality causes, particularly in developed countries. This study has been performed to determine whether a high level of homocysteine is an independent risk factor for ischemic cerebrovascular disease. Materials and Methods: This study was performed in the Adult Emergency Room of Gazi University, Emergency Medicine Department. This study is a controlled prospective study. Kolmogorov-Smirnov, Shapiro-Wilk, Student's T test, Chi-square, and Fisher's Exact tests were used in the evaluation of the statistical data. Results: Eighty-three adult patients and a group of volunteers consisting of 41 individuals were included in the study. Among the risk factors of stroke, a statistically significant relation between the presence of hypertension in the medical history and high blood pressure in the physical examination was found (p<0.05). Conclusions: Hyperhomositeinemia is an independent risk factor in a disease like stroke with high morbidity and mortality, and we consider that detecting and treating hyperhomosisteinemia in the early period will reduce the risk of stroke.
- Subjects
HOMOCYSTEINE; SULFUR amino acids; CEREBROVASCULAR disease; BRAIN diseases; DISEASE risk factors; MORTALITY; HYPERTENSION; BLOOD circulation disorders; MEDICAL records
- Publication
Journal of Academic Emergency Medicine / Akademik Acil Tip Olgu Sunumlari Dergisi, 2010, Vol 9, Issue 3, p134
- ISSN
1305-760X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4170/jaem.2010.47560