Prevalence of hyperlipidemia in adult stroke patient at Liaquat university hospital Jamshoro,Sindh

Stroke is most frequently found neurological problem with very high mortality & morbidity. it is common in pakistani population. hyperlipidemia is a potent risk factor for ischemic stroke. objective: to observe the prevalence of hyperlipidemia in adult stroke patients and its comparison with patients of stroke without hyperlipidemia. methods: cross sectional descriptive study conducted in medical wards of liaquat university of medical and health sciences jamshoro/hyderabad from june 2007 to november 2007. results: out of 100 patients 67 were males & 33 were females with mean age of 55.48 years. 71% had cerebral infarction and 29% had cerebral hemorrhage. twenty patients had ischemic stroke because of dyslipidemia,while all patients with hemorrhagic stroke had normal lipid profile. other important risk factors were hypertension 50 %,diabetes 30% and cigarettes smoking 10%. conclusion: hyperlipidemia is strongly related with ischemic stroke. proper awareness and treatment of dyslipidemia is required for both primary & secondary prevention of stroke. © 2016,liaquat university of medical and health sciences. all rights reserved.