Independent Predictors of Severity and Functional Outcome of Acute Ischemic Stroke in Patients with Diabetes
Sai Sampath Kumar Natuva, Sunanda Tirupati, Amaresh P. Reddy, Ganesh Vallampalli and Sangamithra Gandra
Diabetes mellitus the metabolic disorder, can interact with atherosclerosis in ischemic strokes to initiate, activate and propagate vascular events Patients with diabetes have a two- to threefold higher risk of developing atherosclerotic vascular disease. This increased risk is largely attributed to the clustering of other risk factors like, age, hypertension, dyslipidemia, poor glycaemic status.