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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-8-27
pubmed:abstractText
We performed a case-control study to assess the relationship between primary intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) and low serum cholesterol. Prospectively recruited, fully evaluated patients with ICH were compared to two independent control groups, one based in a primary care practice and one population-based. Low cholesterol was defined by the sex-specific lowest quintile of the primary care controls. The proportion of ICH cases with low cholesterol >3 months posthemorrhage was significantly greater than in controls (42 vs. 20% in either control group, p < 0.01). Subgroup analysis showed an overrepresentation of low cholesterols in probable hypertensive hemorrhage (47%, p < 0.05) but not in probable cerebral amyloid angiopathy (27%, p = 0.5). Low cholesterol increased the odds for hemorrhage 2.25-fold (1.12-4.50) after adjustment for age and apolipoprotein E genotype. These data confirm an increased risk for primary ICH associated with low cholesterol, a relationship that may apply specifically to hemorrhages from hypertensive vasculopathy.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0251-5350
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
18
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
185-93
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Low cholesterol as a risk factor for primary intracerebral hemorrhage: A case-control study.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass. 02114, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't