Carotid intima-media thickness and apolipoproteins in patients of ischemic stroke in a rural hospital sett ing in central India: A cross-sectional study

Abstract

The CIMT in computerized tomography-proven ischemic stroke was significantly higher than expected for the age of the study population. The relation of decreased ApoA-I and increased ApoB with CIMT > 0.7 mm was also statistically significant.