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. 2025 Jun 23;16(3):525-535.
doi: 10.22088/cjim.16.3.525. eCollection 2025 Summer.

Serum fibrinogen & total cholesterol: A significant primary biomarker and its interrelationship in stroke

Komal Rana  1 , Tarunkumar Chavda  2 , Sonal Chavda  2 , Chetan Sonkar  1 , Krishna Soni  1 , Krina Patel  1 , Nancy Vaja  1 , Saniya Vahora  1 , Amal Kumar Bhattacharya  1
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Serum fibrinogen & total cholesterol: A significant primary biomarker and its interrelationship in stroke

Komal Rana et al. Caspian J Intern Med. .

Abstract

Background: To study the association of plasma fibrinogen & total cholesterol levels, incidences, prevalence, and gender wise distribution in different etiologies of stroke.

Methods: Fibrinogen & total cholesterol levels, prevalence, incidences, comorbidities, and different etiologies were assessed along with routine investigations and radiology inputs as per investigator's discretion. The overall median values were represented in graphically format in MS-Excel.

Results: 292 Males: 218 females. Age 30 to 80 years. Among, 25.1% diabetic, 38.9 % hypertension (HTN) and 31% diabetes + HTN. 5 % diabetes + HTN + dyslipidemia and other comorbidities. Overall, 73% had ischemic stroke (IS) & 27 % have hemorrhagic stroke (HS). Hemiparesis in 76.5 %. Mean Fibrinogen elevated in 81% and range was 934±20 mg/dL. Total cholesterol level increased in 73.2% & range was 365±10 mg/dL. The HS patients were experienced headache 77 (19.60%) and vomiting 34 (24.6%) than IS patients. As per radiological finding, the territory of Middle Cerebral Artery was the ordinary location of arterial territory infarctions in the IS form that was present in 213 (57.2%) subjects following that in the anterior side of cerebral artery in 89 (23.92%) and posterior cerebral artery was 44 (11.82%). Arterial flutter found in 56 (10.9%), Structural heart disease present in 30 (5.88%), family history of stroke in 28 (5.49%).

Conclusion: Elevated fibrinogen & total cholesterol levels are independent significant primary biomarkers elevated with incidences of CV stroke. Stroke was higher in ischemic stroke group.

Keywords: Association; Biomarker; Cholesterol; Comorbid; Fibrinogen; Incidences; Prevalence and stroke.

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Epidemiology of stroke
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Flowchart of narrative selection process
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Type of stroke & marker elevation
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