The change and its clinical significance of plasma insulin sensitivity and leptin level in the patients with ischemic stroke / 临床神经病学杂志

Objective To investigate the change and its clinical significance of plasma insulin and leptin level in the patients with cerebral infarction.Methods The plasma leptin, insulin, glucose levels and insulin sensitivity index(ISI) of 31 patients with atherothrombotic cerebral infarction (ACI), 30 patients with lacunar infarction (LI) and 21 cases of healthy controls were determined. Results Compared with those in the controls, there were elevation of plasma insulin level (6.17 ? 4.33 ?IU/ml, P