Stroke risk associated with triglyceride levels in postmenopausal women
Cardiovascular patients often buy Canadian Lipitor to reduce levels of both LDL (bad) cholesterol and triglycerides.
Cardiovascular patients often buy Canadian Lipitor to reduce levels of both LDL (bad) cholesterol and triglycerides. However, research from Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University and New York University School of Medicine suggests that the latter may be a more important risk factor for stroke among postmenopausal women.
The team of scientists analyzed data collected from 972 postmenopausal women who had an ischemic stroke, and compared them to a control group who had no history of such an event.
Blood tests showed that when it came to levels of triglycerides, subjects within the highest quarter of measurements were almost two times more likely to have a stroke than women within the lowest quarter, as published in the journal Stroke.
However, the researchers did not observe any relationship between risk of stroke and levels of bad cholesterol.
"We already know that women with elevated levels of triglycerides face a greater risk for heart disease and heart attacks than men do. This study has underlined the importance of abnormal triglyceride levels by establishing them as an independent risk factor for stroke," said researcher Sylvia Wassertheil-Smoller, PhD.
Every year, about 795,000 Americans have a stroke, which is the leading cause of long-term disability in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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