[Serum uric acid in type 2 diabetic patients complicated by stroke].
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.


CONCLUSIONS
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.
Guan
Mei-Ping
MP
Department of Endocrinology, Nanfang Hospital, First Military Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.
Xue
Yao-Ming
YM
Shen
Jie
J
Zhou
Lin
L
Gao
Fang
F
Liu
Shi-Qun
SQ
Li
Chen-Zhong
CZ
D008076:Cholesterol, HDL / Q000097:blood; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL / Q000097:blood; D015243:Cholesterol, VLDL / Q000097:blood; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications*; D014527:Uric Acid / Q000097:blood*
D008076:Cholesterol, HDL; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL; D015243:Cholesterol, VLDL; D014527:Uric Acid