Elevated Anticardiolipin Antibody Titer Is a Stroke Risk Factor in a Multiethnic Population Independent of Isotype or Degree of Positivity

Abstract

In the largest study of its kind to date, aCL antibodies were demonstrated to be independent stroke risk factors across the 3 ethnic groups studied, conferring a 4-fold increased risk of ischemic stroke. IgG and for the first time IgM aCL were each shown to be associated with increased stroke risk. The prevalence of these antibodies and the stroke risk associated appear greater than previously reported.