Increased Insulin resistance may delay recovery in non-diabetic stroke patients: Study
South Korea: Researchers have found in a new study that Insulin resistance measured by the HOMA-IR index was associated with the poor functional outcome of non-diabetic stroke patients.
Therefore acute ischemic stroke patients with normal blood sugar levels should be evaluated for insulin resistance, finds a recent study in the journal Scientific Reports. However, according to the authors, these data will need to be replicated in larger cohorts.
Insulin resistance is associated with the occurrence of atherosclerotic disease and stroke. However, there is a lack of clarity on the relationship between insulin resistance and the prognosis of acute ischemic stroke in non-diabetic patients. Kyungmi Oh, Korea University Guro Hospital and Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea, and colleagues hypothesized that insulin resistance might affect short-term functional recovery after acute ischemic stroke in non-diabetic patients.
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