Changes in fibrinogen, D-dimer and homocysteine levels in elderly patients with cerebral small vessel disease

ABSTRACT

Objective To examine changes infibrinogen (FIB),D-dimer and homocysteine (HCY) levels and their significance in patients with cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD).Methods This was a prospective study consecutively recruiting 116 patients with CSVD from January 2015 to August 2016 at the Second Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical University,including 50 patients with lacunar infarction and 66 patients with leukoaraiosis.As a control group,89 age-matched healthy elderly individuals were enrolled in the study.FIB,D-dimer and HCY levels in the groups were measured and compared.Results Serum FIB,D-dimer and HCY levels in CSVD patients,including the lacunar infarction group and the leukoaraiosis group,were all significantly higher than in the control group[(3.3±0.9)g/L vs.(3.3±1.0)g/L vs.(3.3±0.8)g/L vs.(2.6±0.5)g/L,(631.1± 487.1)μg/L vs.(479.2 ± 277.6)μg/L vs.(750.2 ± 577.4)μg/L vs.(202.8±81.7)μg/L,(20.6 ± 12.8)μmol/L vs.(14.4 ± 4.8) μmol/L vs.(25.4 ± 15.0)μxmol/L vs.(12.8 ± 4.6) μmol/L,all P ＜ 0.05)].Multiple Logistic regression analysis showed that FIB,D-dimer and HCY were independent risk factors for CSVD (P＜0.01).Additionally,multiple regression analysis of lacunar infarction and leukoaraiosis showed that HCY had no significant correlation with lacunar infarction (P ＞ 0.05).Conclusions FIB,D-dimer,HCY may be risk factors for cerebral small vessel disease,which may not carry the same weight for lacunar infarction and leukoaraiosis.