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SUBMITTER: Sun Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6756877 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sun Yan Y Hou Xiao-He XH Wang Dong-Dong DD Ma Ya-Hui YH Tan Chen-Chen CC Sun Fu-Rong FR Cui Mei M Dong Qiang Q Tan Lan L Yu Jin-Tai JT
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To investigate the relation of higher apolipoprotein B/apolipoprotein AI (apoB/AI) ratio with the risk of suffering intracranial atherosclerotic stenosis (ICAS) in both stroke and non-stroke population, we enrolled 1138 patients with acute ischemic stroke (359 with ICAS, 779 without ICAS) and 1072 non-stroke controls (239 with ICAS, 833 without ICAS) into the study. ICAS was defined as atherosclerotic stenosis >50% or the occlusion of the several main intracranial arteries. ApoB/AI ratio of pati ...[more]