Correlation study of ankle-brachial index and proteinuria in patients with acute cerebral infarction / 医学研究生学报

Objective Proteinuria is in close relation with arteriosclerosis,but little investigation was made on the correlation between ankle-brachial index( ABI) and proteinuria in patients with acute cerebral infarction. Methods 271 consecutive patients with acute cerebral infarction were enrolled from January 2013 and December 2013, which were divided into 2 groups ( patients with proteinuria and patients without proteinuria) according to urine analysis.ABI of all patients was measured and stratified into 4 groups:ABI≤0.9 (low);0.9