Stroke patients with low cholesterol are more likely to die and have poor neurological outcomes

This study was published in Advances in Therapy 2008 Apr;25(4):329-41

Study title and authors:
Serum lipid levels and 3-month prognosis in Chinese patients with acute stroke.

Li W, Liu M, Wu B, Liu H, Wang LC, Tan S.
Department of Neurology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, 610041, Chengdu, PR China.

This study can be accessed at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18414815

The study examined whether cholesterol levels at admission had any prognostic value in the 3-month outcome in 649 patients with acute ischaemic stroke and intracerebral haemorrhagic stroke.

The study found that stroke patients with low cholesterol are more likely to die and have a poor neurological outcome than stoke patients with higher cholesterol.