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Low Plasma Proportion of Omega 3-Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Predicts Poor Outcome in Acute Non-Cardiogenic Ischemic Stroke Patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

Alterations in blood fatty acid (FA) composition are associated with cardiovascular diseases. We investigated whether plasma FA composition was related to stroke severity and functional outcome in acute ischemic stroke patients.

Methods

We prospectively enrolled 156 patients with first-episode cerebral infarction, within 7 days of symptom onset. The proportion of FAs was analyzed using gas chromatography, and the summation of the omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (?3-PUFA), 18:3 ?3 ?-linolenic acid, 20:3 ?3 eicosatrienoic acid, 20:5 ?3 eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), and 22:6 ?3 docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) was reported as ??3-PUFAs. Stroke severity was assessed using the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score on admission. Poor functional outcome was defined by modified Rankin scale (mRS) ?3 at three months after the index stroke.

Results

Lower proportions of EPA (?=-0.751), DHA (?=-0.610), and ??3-PUFAs (?=-0.462) were independently associated with higher NIHSS score, after adjusting for stroke subtype, hemoglobin, high density lipoprotein, high sensitivity C-reactive protein, fasting glucose, 16:0 palmitic acid, and ?saturated fatty acids. Moreover, a lower proportion of DHA (odds ratio [OR]: 0.20, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.04-0.88), and ??3-PUFAs (OR: 0.22, 95% CI: 0.05-0.84) showed an independent relationship with poor functional outcome after adjusting for age, sex, smoking status, NIHSS score, stroke subtype, and 16:0 palmitic acid.

Conclusions

Our results demonstrate that ?3-PUFAs correlated with stroke severity on admission and functional outcomes at 3 months. ?3-PUFAs are potential blood biomarkers for prognosis of acute non-cardiogenic ischemic stroke patients.

SUBMITTER: Song TJ

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4460336 | biostudies-literature | 2015 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Low Plasma Proportion of Omega 3-Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Predicts Poor Outcome in Acute Non-Cardiogenic Ischemic Stroke Patients.

Song Tae-Jin TJ Cho Hyun-Ji HJ Chang Yoonkyung Y Choi Kyungsun K Jung A-Reum AR Youn Minjung M Shin Min-Jeong MJ Kim Yong-Jae YJ

Journal of stroke 20150529 2

<h4>Background and purpose</h4>Alterations in blood fatty acid (FA) composition are associated with cardiovascular diseases. We investigated whether plasma FA composition was related to stroke severity and functional outcome in acute ischemic stroke patients.<h4>Methods</h4>We prospectively enrolled 156 patients with first-episode cerebral infarction, within 7 days of symptom onset. The proportion of FAs was analyzed using gas chromatography, and the summation of the omega-3 polyunsaturated fatt ...[more]

PMID: 26060804

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Low Plasma Proportion of Omega 3-Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Predicts Poor Outcome in Acute Non-Cardiogenic Ischemic Stroke Patients.

Background and purpose

Methods

Results

Conclusions

Publications

Low Plasma Proportion of Omega 3-Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Predicts Poor Outcome in Acute Non-Cardiogenic Ischemic Stroke Patients.

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