Body mass index, blood glucose, and mortality in patients with ischemic stroke in the intensive care unit: a retrospective cohort study

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    But there are still some articles holding different opinions (Ryu et_al, 2011; Dehlendorff et_al, 2014). Evidence suggested that hyperglycemia was not only an independent risk factor for stroke but also contributed to a worse prognosis in stroke patients regardless of diabetes (Masrur et_al, 2015; Zhu et_al, 2017). Due to this, obesity, associated with insulin resistance and glucose tolerance (Borschmann et_al, 2017; Larsson et_al, 2017), may aggravate acute blood glucose fluctuations and thus lead to a worse outcome in critically ill patients with stroke. P-values less than 0.05 (two-sided) were considered statistically . . .

     

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