title: Study on the correlation of tongue manifestation with fibrinogen and neutrophil in acute cerebral infarction patients.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the correlation of tongue manifestation with the fibrinogen level and the neutrophil count in blood of acute cerebral infarction patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 200 patients with first unilateral cerebral infarction in Neurology Department of Xuanwu Hospital from March, 2008 to February, 2009 were recruited in this study. The correlation of the tongue fur color and texture with the blood fibrinogen level and the neutrophil count was analyzed in these patients.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The level of fibrinogen and neutrophil count in thick fur group were significantly higher than that in thin fur group (P<0.05). There was no statistical difference in the level of fibrinogen and neutrophil count found between moist fur and dry fur. Statistical significance existed in the level of fibrinogen between the greasy tongue fur group and non-greasy tongue fur group (P<0.05). The level of fibrinogen and the neutrophil count were compared among different fur color groups, revealing that the level of fibrinogen in yellowish fur group was higher than that of white fur group and normal value with statistical significance (P<0.05) with neutrophil count in yellowish fur group being significantly higher than that in white fur group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our results suggested that the change of tongue manifestation was associated with the level of fibrinogen and the neutrophil count in the blood of cerebral infarction patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Xuanwu Hospital of Capital Medical University, Beijing 100053, China.
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Jue-xian
authors.initials: JX
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Qian
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Chang-min
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Li-yuan
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Ping-ping
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Hai-ping
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Yu-min
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Luo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005340:Fibrinogen / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D018655:Lymphocyte Count; D009504:Neutrophils; D014059:Tongue / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology*
chemical_list: D005340:Fibrinogen