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Plasma levels of total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol, triglyceride, Apo A-1, and Apo B in patients with Stroke in Ogbomoso, Southwestern Nigeria

J. O. Akande, A. A. Salawu, A. S. Atiba, E. O. Oke, R. O. Akande, D. P. Oparinde, P. S. Ogunro.




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Hyperlipidaemia is a strong factor in the development of stroke but this may differ from one region to another due to geographic, ethnic and socio-cultural practices. This is designed to determine plasma levels of Total Cholesterol, HDL-Cholesterol, LDL-Cholesterol, Triglyceride, Apoprotein A-1 and Apoprotein B in Nigerian patients with stroke. Fifty newly diagnosed stroke patients were consecutively recruited into the study. Fifty apparently healthy, age and sex matched volunteers were recruited from Ogbomoso community as controls. The data obtained were analyzed using SPSS version 20.
Higher and lower significant levels (p

Key words: Stroke, APO A1, APO, lipid profile, Dyslipidaemia






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