Shahid Mukhtar, Abdul Sattar, Ghulam Mustafa, Mehboob Qadir, Bushra Maryam, Kamran Shaukat.
To Determine the Frequency of Low HDL-C in Ischemic Stroke.
Pak J Med Health Sci Jan ;13(2):255-6.

Aim: To determine the frequency of low HDL-C in ischemic stroke. Study Design : Descriptive, Cross-sectional study Setting : Department of Medicine, Nishtar Medical University /Hospital, Multan. Duration of study; Six months from 10-01-2016 to 10-07-2016. Sampling Technique : Non-probability, consecutive sampling. Results : Of these 148 study cases, 66 (44.6%) were male patients and 82 (55.4%) were female patients. Mean serum HDL-C level was noted to be 40.22 +/- 3.85 mg/dl with ranges of 32 mg/dl to 46 mg/dl. Low serum HDL-C level was seen in 64 (43.2%) cases. Conclusion : High frequency of HDL –C has been seen in this study. Low serum HDL-C was significantly associated with gender, diabetes, obesity and hypertension.

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