title: [Blood viscosity and blood factors in non-embolic cerebral infarction].
abstract: We compared blood viscosity at a high and a low shear rate, hematocrit, as well as levels of fibrinogen, cholesterol, triglyceride and high density lipoprotein-cholesterol between 42 patients with nonembolic cerebral infarction and 39 normal subjects. Blood viscosity, levels of fibrinogen, cholesterol and triglyceride were significantly higher, and high density lipoprotein-cholesterol levels were significantly lower, in patients than in normal persons. Blood viscosity had a positive correlation with hematocrit and fibrinogen, and a negative correlation with high density lipoprotein-cholesterol, but no correlation with cholesterol and triglyceride.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C.
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Fong
authors.forename: L G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Chia
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001809:Blood Viscosity; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000097:blood*; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D005340:Fibrinogen / Q000378:metabolism; D006400:Hematocrit; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D008076:Cholesterol, HDL; D014280:Triglycerides; D005340:Fibrinogen; D002784:Cholesterol