[Application of the box plot to evaluate serum lipid levels and apolipoprotein levels in patients with cerebral infarction and diabetes mellitus].
Serum levels of lipids and apolipoproteins were determined in patients with cerebral infarction during the chronic stage three months after onset, and these patients were classified into the group with diabetes mellitus and that without diabetes mellitus. These levels were compared with the levels observed in the control group and the diabetes mellitus-only group using the box plot which is a procedure employed in exploratory data analysis. a. Compared to the control group, the levels of T.G., apo B, Apo C-II and Apo C-III were higher, that of HDL-C, was lower, that of LDL-C, tended to be higher and that of Apo A-I tended to be lower in the diabetes mellitus-only group without treatment or under diet treatment alone. b. Compared to the control group, the levels of LDL-C, and Apo B were higher, while those of HDL-C., Apo A-I, and APO A-II were lower in the cerebral infarction-only group. c. Compared to the control group, the level of Apo B was higher, those of T.G. tended to be higher, and that of HDL-C, tended to be lower in the cerebral infarction group with diabetes mellitus, but when compared to the cerebral infarction-only group, the levels of T.G., HDL-C, Apo A-II, Apo C-II and Apo C-III tended to be higher. d. Compared to the control group, the ratio of LDL-C. to Apo B was lower (p less than 0.05) in the cerebral infarction group with diabetes mellitus and tended to be lower even in the diabetes mellitus-only group.
Konemori
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Department of Medicine, Futami Central Hospital, Hiroshima.
Kawanishi
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Nakamoto
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Hiraoka
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Kajiyama
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001053:Apolipoproteins / Q000097:blood*; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000097:blood* / Q000453:epidemiology; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000097:blood* / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
D001053:Apolipoproteins; D008055:Lipids