Plasma triglyceride and cholesterol levels in cerebrovascular disease

In all three groups of patients (thrombosis, cerebrovascular insufficiency and non-apoplectic controls) cholesterol, but not triglyceride was found higher in women than in men, and the implications of these findings are discussed in relation to the cholesterol and lipid theories of atherosclerotic-thrombs disease.

Abstract

Plasma triglyceride and cholesterol was measured in 60 arteriographed apoplectic patients and in 60 comparable control patients without clinically demonstrable cerebrovascular disease. Both plasma lipids were found elevated in the group of patients with cerebral thrombosis, but not in those with cerebral circulatory insufficiency without occlusion. In all three groups of patients (thrombosis, cerebrovascular insufficiency and non-apoplectic controls) cholesterol, but not triglyceride was found higher in women than in men. The implications of these findings are discussed in relation to the cholesterol and lipid theories of atherosclerotic-thrombotic disease.