Elevated Thyroid Autoantibodies Aggravate Stroke Severity in Euthyroidism with Acute Ischemic Stroke

Table 2

Comparison of the risk factors related to the intracranial stenosis in AIS and euthyroidism with and without elevated thyroid autoantibodies.

	PTA ()	NTA ()	value
Blood pressure at admission
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)			0.482
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)			0.408
Blood lipid profile
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)			0.118
Triglycerides (mmol/L)			0.626
High-density lipoprotein cholesterol (mmol/L)
Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (mmol/L)			0.571
Blood glucose profile
Fasting plasma glucose (mmol/L)			0.296
Glycosylated hemoglobin (%)			0.238
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (mm/h)			0.33
High-sensitivity C-reactive protein (mg/L)			0.92
Fibrinogen (g/L)			0.685
Homocysteine (umol/L)			0.618

Data presented as or percentage. Abbreviations: AIS: acute ischemic stroke; PTA: positive thyroid autoantibody; NTA: negative thyroid autoantibody. and .