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Risk of stroke and cardiovascular events after ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack in patients with type 2 diabetes or metabolic syndrome: secondary analysis of the Stroke Prevention by Aggressive Reduction in Cholesterol Levels (SPARCL) trial

Alfred Callahan, Pierre Amarenco, Larry B Goldstein, Henrik Sillesen, Mike Messig, Gregory P Samsa, Irfan Altafullah, Lucy Y Ledbetter, Mary J MacLeod, Russell Scott, Michael Hennerici, Justin A Zivin, K Michael A Welch, SPARCL Investigators

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    Abstract

    To perform a secondary analysis of the Stroke Prevention by Aggressive Reduction in Cholesterol Levels (SPARCL) trial, which tested the effect of treatment with atorvastatin in reducing stroke in subjects with a recent stroke or transient ischemic attack, to explore the effects of treatment in subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus or metabolic syndrome (MetS).
    Original languageEnglish
    JournalArchives of Neurology
    Volume68
    Issue number10
    Pages (from-to)1245-51
    Number of pages7
    ISSN0003-9942
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2011

    Keywords

    • Adult
    • Aged
    • Aged, 80 and over
    • Cardiovascular Physiological Processes
    • Cholesterol
    • Confidence Intervals
    • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
    • Female
    • Heptanoic Acids
    • Humans
    • Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors
    • Ischemic Attack, Transient
    • Lipoproteins, HDL
    • Lipoproteins, LDL
    • Male
    • Metabolic Syndrome X
    • Middle Aged
    • Proportional Hazards Models
    • Pyrroles
    • Retrospective Studies
    • Risk Factors
    • Stroke
    • Triglycerides
    • Young Adult

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