OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association of hyperuricemia with the incidence of stroke in type 2 diabetic patients. METHODS: Sixty type 2 diabetic patients with stroke, 75 patients with simple stoke and 67 simple type 2 diabetic patients were randomly selected from the hospitalized patients. The serum levels of uric acid (UA), total cholesterol (TC), triglyceride (TG), low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol(LDL), very-low-density lipoproteincholesterol (VLDL) and high-density lipoprotein- cholesterol (HDL) of all the patients were determined and comparison between the groups performed. RESULTS: Male type 2 diabetic patients with stroke had significantly higher mean levels of serum uric acid than simple diabetic patients, but such patients of both genders all had lower HDL levels. CONCLUSION: The decreased serum HDL level poses as an important risk factor for stroke in all type 2 diabetic patients, among whom the male patients in particular have hyperuricemia as another important risk factor for stroke.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association of hyperuricemia with the incidence of stroke in type 2 diabeticpatients. METHODS: Sixty type 2 diabeticpatients with stroke, 75 patients with simple stoke and 67 simple type 2 diabeticpatients were randomly selected from the hospitalized patients. The serum levels of uric acid (UA), total cholesterol (TC), triglyceride (TG), low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol(LDL), very-low-density lipoproteincholesterol (VLDL) and high-density lipoprotein- cholesterol (HDL) of all the patients were determined and comparison between the groups performed. RESULTS: Male type 2 diabeticpatients with stroke had significantly higher mean levels of serum uric acid than simple diabeticpatients, but such patients of both genders all had lower HDL levels. CONCLUSION: The decreased serum HDL level poses as an important risk factor for stroke in all type 2 diabeticpatients, among whom the male patients in particular have hyperuricemia as another important risk factor for stroke.