Clinical Focus ›› 2023, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (10): 893-897.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-583X.2023.10.005

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Risk factors for epilepsy after delayed post-stroke epilepsy and its clinical correlation with blood Hcy, hs-CRP and D-D

Ding Siqi1, Liu Shihua1, Zhang Chao1, Zhong Ping1, Cao Li1,2()   

  1. 1. Department of Neurology,Suzhou Hospital of Anhui Medical University,Suzhou 234000,China
    2. Department of Neurology,Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine,Shanghai 200233,China
  • Received:2023-10-23 Online:2023-10-20 Published:2024-01-03
  • Contact: Cao Li E-mail:caoli2000@yeah.net

Abstract: Objective To analyze the risk factors for delayed post-stroke epilepsy (dPSE) and its clinical correlation with blood homocysteine (Hcy), hypersensitive C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) and D-dimer (D-D) levels. Methods It was a retrospective analysis involving 34 dPSE patients (epilepsy group) diagnosed and treated in Suzhou Municipal Hospital from February 2021 to May 2023. During the same period, 41 patients with acute ischemic stroke were selected as the control group. The clinical data were compared between groups. Multivariate Logistic regression was performed to analyze risk factors for dPSE. The predictive value of blood Hcy, hs-CRP and D-D in dPSE was analyzed by plotting the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves and calculating the area under curve (AUC). Results There were significant differences in alcohol history, the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score, range of stroke, location of the infarcted lesions, serum Hcy and plasma hs-CRP between groups (P<0.05). There were no significant differences in the sex, age, history of smoking, hypertension, diabetes mellitus and coronary atherosclerotic heart disease, family history of cerebrovascular diseases and D-D level between groups (P>0.05). Logistic regression analysis showed that alcohol history, NIHSS score on admission, infarcted lesion in the cortex and high expression levels of Hcy and hs-CRP were the risk factors for dPSE (OR=4.296, 1.277, 5.373, 1.094, 1.040, P<0.05). ROC curves showed that the optimal cut-off values of serum Hcy and plasma hs-CRP in predicting dPSE was 13.900 μmol/L(AUC=0.683) and 8.505 mg/L (AUC=0.693), respectively. Conclusion Alcohol history, NIHSS score on admission, infarcted lesion in the cortex and high expression levels of Hcy and hs-CRP are the risk factors for dPSE. There is no clear correlation between plasma D-D and dPSE. Serum Hcy and plasma hs-CRP have important predictive values for secondary epilepsy in patients with acute ischemic stroke, which can be used as predictors of dPSE.

Key words: epilepsy, ischemic stroke, risk factors, homocysteine, hypersensitive C-reactive protein, D-dimer

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