Table 4.
Laboratory findings of ischemic stroke patients, with and without nephrotic syndrome.
| Large-artery atherosclerosis |
Cardioembolism |
Small-artery occlusion |
Stroke of other determined etiology |
Stroke of undetermined etiology |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NS (n = 43) | No NS (n = 216) | NS (n = 23) | No NS (n = 259) | NS (n = 118) | No NS (n = 419) | NS (n = 11) | No NS (n = 27) | NS (n = 38) | No NS (n = 437) | |
| Hemoglobin (g/dL) | 11.89 ± 2.41* | 13.85 ± 2.23 | 12.64 ± 2.31 | 13.29 ± 2.04 | 11.99 ± 2.06* | 13.94 ± 1.81 | 12.33 ± 3.92 | 12.04 ± 3.16 | 11.77 ± 1.84* | 13.49 ± 2.15 |
| Glycohemoglobin (%) | 8.56 ± 2.79* | 7.23 ± 2.10 | 6.79 ± 1.52 | 6.22 ± 0.98 | 8.31 ± 2.43* | 6.97 ± 2.09 | 6.26 ± 1.59 | 6.74 ± 2.08 | 7.60 ± 2.27 | 6.64 ± 1.76 |
| ESR (mm/hr) | 57.44 ± 42.59* | 17.51 ± 6.54 | 29.20 ± 15.07 | 16.53 ± 10.68 | 43.80 ± 21.32* | 12.90 ± 6.13 | 32.75 ± 24.72 | 33.45 ± 27.08 | 47.67 ± 24.16* | 18.99 ± 15.33 |
| BUN (mg/dL) | 31.79 ± 20.21* | 15.71 ± 5.76 | 26.20 ± 10.42* | 17.91 ± 6.28 | 32.32 ± 15.76* | 15.52 ± 3.05 | 27.68 ± 12.74* | 15.32 ± 4.81 | 30.78 ± 19.76* | 16.11 ± 6.91 |
| Creatinine (mg/dL) | 2.79 ± 1.82* | 0.93 ± 0.28 | 1.82 ± 1.01 | 1.13 ± 0.99 | 3.07 ± 2.02* | 0.94 ± 0.23 | 1.92 ± 0.85* | 0.87 ± 0.25 | 3.17 ± 2.11* | 0.97 ± 0.31 |
| eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m2) | 46.23 ± 30.92* | 81.41 ± 14.13 | 53.96 ± 25.02* | 76.72 ± 14.44 | 45.04 ± 30.02* | 80.95 ± 14.67 | 51.69 ± 29.78* | 83.82 ± 16.04 | 45.70 ± 31.21* | 75.79 ± 15.19 |
| Total cholesterol (mg/dL) | 244.76 ± 93.77* | 187.46 ± 41.82 | 202.10 ± 65.64 | 173.12 ± 44.23 | 240.50 ± 90.30* | 184.10 ± 40.50 | 226.4 ± 72.51 | 208.24 ± 69.12 | 224.09 ± 54.44* | 185.22 ± 41.45 |
| Triglyceride (mg/dL) | 271.62 ± 79.43* | 139.70 ± 52.61 | 122.70 ± 52.76 | 102.86 ± 34.92 | 213.41 ± 104.54* | 152.12 ± 89.28 | 224.40 ± 117.19 | 211.67 ± 123.58 | 169.84 ± 71.17 | 129.77 ± 45.12 |
| LDL (mg/dL) | 150.10 ± 53.24 | 121.59 ± 36.23 | 123.13 ± 38.71 | 107.74 ± 34.67 | 163.64 ± 44.97* | 116.29 ± 35.81 | 130.29 ± 31.12 | 134.48 ± 46.64 | 154.40 ± 46.23* | 121.11 ± 39.81 |
| HDL (mg/dL) | 41.18 ± 15.53 | 39.14 ± 10.29 | 34.69 ± 7.65* | 46.03 ± 10.46 | 38.95 ± 11.23 | 41.11 ± 14.12 | 46.71 ± 10.12 | 34.77 ± 8.65 | 48.43 ± 19.43 | 40.20 ± 13.04 |
| Uric acid (mg/dL) | 6.66 ± 1.85 | 5.58 ± 1.72 | 6.93 ± 2.08* | 5.51 ± 1.53 | 6.46 ± 1.85* | 5.51 ± 1.14 | 7.98 ± 2.37* | 5.82 ± 1.87 | 6.56 ± 2.13* | 5.36 ± 1.51 |
| Fibrinogen (mg/dL) | 473.00 ± 197.40 | 320.27 ± 151.76 | 731.50 ± 395.27 | 428.86 ± 182.15 | 396.79 ± 117.09* | 298.70 ± 43.56 | 341.67 ± 112.48 | 320.10 ± 116.17 | 465.15 ± 157.48* | 336.06 ± 110.23 |
| Potassium (mmol/L) | 4.06 ± 0.78 | 3.91 ± 1.13 | 3.71 ± 0.90 | 4.05 ± 1.10 | 4.01 ± 0.61 | 4.43 ± 0.78 | 4.60 ± 0.70* | 3.87 ± 0.47 | 4.17 ± 0.75* | 3.82 ± 0.45 |
| Calcium (mg/dL) | 8.24 ± 0.90 | 8.85 ± 0.71 | 8.59 ± 1.10 | 8.34 ± 1.23 | 8.38 ± 0.95 | 8.65 ± 1.01 | 8.16 ± 0.67 | 8.33 ± 0.47 | 8.44 ± 0.73* | 8.87 ± 0.58 |
| Albumin (g/dL) | 2.76 ± 0.49* | 3.61 ± 0.55 | 2.69 ± 0.56* | 3.39 ± 0.61 | 2.85 ± 0.78* | 3.81 ± 0.43 | 2.86 ± 1.02 | 2.18 ± 0.38 | 2.88 ± 0.72* | 3.60 ± 0.62 |
NS = nephrotic syndrome; ESR: erythrocyte sedimentation rate; BUN: blood urea nitrogen; eGFR: estimated glomerular filtration rate; LDL: low-density lipoprotein; HDL: high-density lipoprotein.
Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation.
*
p < 0.05, Student t test.