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Regional Differences in the Prevalence of Hyperlipidaemia in Acute Stroke Patients

INTRODUCTION: The aim of this study was to investigate occurence of hyperlipidemia in patients (pts) with different types of stroke and to compare this occurrence in different parts of Croatia. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Study comprised 709 pts with stroke treated in three neurological centres in Croatia.We classified the pts in: ischemic stroke (IS), intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) and subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) groups. The level of cholesterol >6.5mmol/L and of triglycerides >2.00 mmol/L is classified as hyperlipidemia. RESULTS: Increased cholesterol was found in 41.2% of stroke pts in Osijek, 13.3% pts in Split and 31.5% pts in Zagreb. The difference between Osijek and Split was statistically significant ( x2=40.1, p<0.005). At the same time, increased triglycerides were found in 33.3% stroke pts in Osijek, 8.9% pts in Split and 13.9% pts in Zagreb. In group of IS subtype the highest level of cholesterol was found in Osijek (42.5%), lower in Zagreb (25.2%) and the lowest in Split (13.6%). Differences between Osijek and Split (x2=34.9, p<0.005) were statistically significant. At the same time, the highest level of trigycerides was found in Osijek (34.2%), lower in Zagreb (14.8%) and the lowest in Split (9.0%). In ICH group hypercholesterolemia was found in higher percentage in Zagreb (46.5%) and Osijek (37.9%) than in Split (7.4%). We found statistically significant difference between Osijek and Split (x2=5.7, p<0.005) .At the same time, hypertriglycidemia was the most frequent in Osijek (27.6%), followed by Zagreb (11.6%) and Split (3.7%). CONCLUSION: Our study showed significant regional differences in occurence of hyperlipidemia in Republic of Croatia, especially between continental part (Osijek, Zagreb) and coastal part (Split) of the country.

regional differences:hyperlipidaemia:stroke

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