Long-term prognosis related to fasting total-cholesterol and triglyceride levels after TIA/stroke

Abstract

Results: Men had an almost linear correlation between increasing TC levels (< 5 mmol/L; 5-6.4 mmol/L; and ≥ 6.5 mmol/L), and increasing risk of MI during life, P = 0.016, and cardiovascular death (CVD) (not index stroke), P = 0.002; women had a U-shaped correlation. Men had an inverse correlation between TC levels and death due to cancer, P=0.008. Comparisons pairwise between sexes: TC 5-6.4 mmol/L, increased survival in women, P=0.038. According to Cox regression analyses, TC ≥ 6.5 mmol/L was a predictor of MI, and TG > 2.2 mmol/L had an unfavourable effect on survival.