ABSTRACT

Stroke currently comes third among mortality causes, particularly in developed countries. This study has been performed to determine whether a high level of homocysteine is an independent risk factor for ischemic cerebrovascular disease.

This study was performed in the Adult Emergency Room of Gazi University, Emergency Medicine Department. This study is a controlled prospective study. Kolmogorov-Smirnov, Shapiro-Wilk, Student’s T test, Chi-square, and Fisher’s Exact tests were used in the evaluation of the statistical data.

Eighty-three adult patients and a group of volunteers consisting of 41 individuals were included in the study. Among the risk factors of stroke, a statistically signifi cant relation between the presence of hypertension in the medical history and high blood pressure in the physical examination was found (p<0.05).

Hyperhomositeinemia is an independent risk factor in a disease like stroke with high morbidity and mortality, and we consider that detecting and treating hyperhomosisteinemia in the early period will reduce the risk of stroke.

Keywords: Ischemic cerebrovascular disease, homocysteine