@article{nacu2015impact,
  title = {Impact of Diabetes Mellitus on 1867 Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients. A Bergen NORSTROKE Study},
  author = {Aliona Nacu and Lars Thomassen and Annette Fromm and Anna Therese Bjerkreim and Ulrike Waje Andreassen and Halvor Naess},
  year = 2015,
  url = {https://ibimapublishing.com/articles/DIAB/2015/112104/},
  journal = {Journal of Research in Diabetes},
  volume = 2015 (2015),
  pages = 11,
  doi = 10.5171/2015.112104,
  abstract = {Objective: Our aim was to compare the clinical characteristics including risk factors, comorbidities, short-term outcome and long-term mortality in acute ischemic stroke patients with or without diabetes mellitus.Methods: This study includes all consecutive patients with acute ischemic stroke admitted to the Stroke Unit, Department of Neurology, Haukeland University Hospital between February 2006 and January 2012. The National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) was used to assess stroke severity on admission. Short-term outcome was determined by the modified Rankin scale (mRS), NIHSS, and Barthel index on day 7 after stroke onset. First emergency readmission < 12 months after discharge was registered. Survival state was obtained by consulting the official population registry.Results: In total, 1867 patients of which 283 (15%) patients had diabetes mellitus. Relative frequency of diabetes mellitus according to age showed and inverse U-shape with highest frequency at 75-80 years for males, whereas the frequency was independent of age among females. More males than females had diabetes mellitus. Patients with diabetes mellitus more often had myocardial infarction, angina pectoris, hypertension (all P},
  keywords = {Acute ischemic stroke, diabetes mellitus, risk factors, outcome.},
  note = Article ID: 112104
}