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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Neurol.
Sec. Endovascular and Interventional Neurology
Volume 15 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fneur.2024.1463365
This article is part of the Research Topic Advances and controversies in ischemic stroke management: from prevention to diagnosis and acute treatment View all 85 articles

Association Between Serum Glucose to Potassium Ratio and Clinical Outcome in Ischemic Stroke Patients after Endovascular Thrombectomy

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Shuaiyu Chen Shuaiyu Chen Qianqian Zhang Qianqian Zhang *Zhihang Huang Zhihang Huang *Yan E Yan E *Junshan Zhou Junshan Zhou Wei Wang Wei Wang *
  • Department of Neurology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

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    The baseline glucose to potassium ratio (GPR) is implicated for a poor outcome in patients with acute brain injury and intracranial hemorrhage. However, the impact of serum GPR on clinical outcomes after endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) treatment is unclear. This study aimed to evaluate the association between GPR at admission and functional outcome at 90 days after EVT. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed our database for patients with acute ischemic stroke with an anterior circulation large vessel occlusion who received EVT between October 2019 and December 2021. The baseline serum GPR was measured after admission. The primary outcome was 90-day poor outcome, which was defined as a modified Rankin Scale score of 3-6. Results: A total of 273 patients (mean age, 70.9 ± 11.9 years; 161 male) were finally included for analyses. During the 90-day follow-up, 151 (55.3%) experienced an unfavorable outcome. After adjusting for demographic characteristics and other potential confounders, increased GPR was significantly associated with a higher risk of 90-day poor outcome (odd ratios, 1.852; 95% confidence interval, 1.276-2.688, P=0.001). Similar results were observed when the GPR was analyzed as a categorical variable. In addition, the restricted cubic spline observed a positive and linear association of GPR with poor outcome at 90 days (P=0.329 for linearity; P=0.001 for linearity). Conclusions: Our study found that ischemic stroke patients with higher GPR at admission were more likely to have an unfavorable prognosis at 3 months, suggesting that GPR may be a potential prognostic biomarker for ischemic stroke after EVT.

    Keywords: endovascular treatment, prognosis, GPR, Large vessel occlusion, functional outcome

    Received: 11 Jul 2024; Accepted: 05 Sep 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Chen, Zhang, Huang, E, Zhou and Wang. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence:
    Qianqian Zhang, Department of Neurology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
    Zhihang Huang, Department of Neurology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
    Yan E, Department of Neurology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
    Wei Wang, Department of Neurology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

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