Is Higher Serum Total Cholesterol Level Associated With Better Long-Term Functional Outcomes After Noncardioembolic Ischemic Stroke?

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 913-918

  Pan, Shin Liang ^a   Lien, I Nan ^a   Chen, Tony Hsiu Hsi ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Cerebral infarction; Cholesterol; Rehabilitation; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SERIAL BARTHEL INDEX;

AGED; ASPIRIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CHOLESTEROL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NICOTINIC ACIDS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 77952676998     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

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