Research Article

Correlation between CH2DS2-VASc Score and Serum Leptin Levels in Cardioembolic Stroke Patients: The Impact of Metabolic Syndrome

Table 4

Levels of adipokines according to the subject stroke etiology groups of AIS patients.

Stroke etiologyng/ml (SD)p

ResistinCardioembolic417.83 (4.18)0.53
NoncardioembolicLarge artery atherosclerosis, 585.25 (2.25)6.35 (3.10)
Small vessel occlusion, 6.17 (1.68)
Other determined etiology, 5.99 (4.03)
Undetermined etiology, 7.69 (4.41)
Unclassified etiology, 5.75 (2.23)

LeptinCardioembolic4119.57 (20.53)<0.05 (0.04)
NoncardioembolicLarge artery atherosclerosis, 588.44 (7.20)13.17 (12.36)
Small vessel occlusion, 17.04 (14.79)
Other determined etiology, 8.34 (3.61)
Undetermined etiology, 15.10 (14.29)
Unclassified etiology, 11.42 (10.73)

AdiponectinCardioembolic4114.57 (11.34)0.14
NoncardioembolicLarge artery atherosclerosis, 588.81 (7.95)11.55 (8.83)
Small vessel occlusion, 15.65 (11.67)
Other determined etiology, 5.25 (3.58)
Undetermined etiology, 10.34 (6.43)
Unclassified etiology, 12.87 (8.18)