Table 2.
Fasting serum homocysteine, vitamin B12, and folate levels in stroke subtypes and controls
| Stroke subtype |
Large-vessel
(n=24) |
P* |
Cardioembolic
(n=56) |
P* |
Small-vessel/Lacunar
(n=33) |
P* |
Undetermined causes
(n=32) |
P* |
Other causes
(n=26) |
P* |
Controls
(n=86) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean Hcy level (μmol/L) (95% CI) |
13.7 (10.6-16.8) |
1.000 | 17.7 (14.8-20.5) |
0.010 | 14.2 (11.7-16.6) |
0.988 | 16.4 (13.3-19.5) |
0.081 | 17.4 (13.5-21.3) |
0.029 | 13.5 (12.4-14.6) |
| Mean B12 level (pmol/L) (95% CI) |
225.7 (163.8-287.6) |
0.576 | 387.9 (297.4-478.3) |
1.000 | 332.3 (239.3-425.3) |
0.753 | 289.5 (207.3-371.7) |
0.355 | 330.9 (227.9-433.9) |
0.569 | 386.1 (333.4-438.8) |
| Mean folate level (nmol/L) (95% CI) |
5.7 (4.9-6.5) |
0.390 | 7.0 (6.2-7.8) |
0.735 | 6.4 (5.6-7.2) |
0.993 | 6.2 (5.3-7.0) |
0.874 | 6.9 (5.7-8.0) |
0.733 | 6.56 (6.1-7.1) |
*Dunette-Test, comparing each group with the controls separately