Increased vascular risk factors, atherosclerosis, and psychological distress among Indian adults with refractory epilepsy in comparison to well-controlled epilepsy.
Epilepsy Behav
; 145: 109326, 2023 08.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
Comparison of cardiovascular risk factors, atherosclerosis, and psychological distress among adults with refractory versus well-controlled epilepsy.METHODS:
The cross-sectional study consisted of two groups of 40 people each Group I - People with well-controlled epilepsy, Group II - People with refractory epilepsy. Age- and gender-matched people of 20-50 years were recruited. People who were diabetic, smokers, hypertensive, alcoholic, pregnant, with infections, and lactating women were excluded from the study. Biochemical parameters, fasting glucose, lipid profile, fasting insulin, leptin, adiponectin, Lp[a], hsCRP, TyG INDEX, HOMA1-%S, HOMA1-IR, HOMA1-%B, QUICKI, FIRI, AIP, AC, CLTI, MLTI, CRI-I, CRI-II, and CIMT were estimated. Stress levels [PSS-10, GAD-7 & PHQ-9] were assessed based on the scoring system from the questionnaires.RESULTS:
The existence of metabolic syndrome, levels of triglycerides, TyG index, MDA, OSI, CIMT, AIP, and stress scores [PSS-10, GAD-7 & PHQ-9] were significantly higher in the refractory-epilepsy group in comparison to the well-controlled group. There were associations between LDL -C and CIMT as well as between GAD-7 and CIMT among all the study subjects. There were no significant differences in the levels of glucose homeostasis parameters, hsCRP, leptin, adiponectin, and Lp[a] between the two groups. Based on the ROC analysis, MDA [AUC = 0.853] and GAD-7 [AUC = 0.900] are useful in the differential diagnosis of the study groups.CONCLUSION:
People with refractory epilepsy had increased levels of vascular risk factors, atherosclerosis, and stress levels compared to people with well-controlled epilepsy. Suitable disease management and therapeutic approaches to address cardiovascular and psychological distress could be planned out among people with refractory epilepsy to improve their quality of life.Palavras-chave
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Contexto em Saúde:
1_ASSA2030
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2_ODS3
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8_ODS3_consumo_sustancias_psicoactivas
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Epilepsia
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Aterosclerose
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Epilepsia Resistente a Medicamentos
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Angústia Psicológica
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Aspecto:
Patient_preference
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Epilepsy Behav
Ano de publicação:
2023
Tipo de documento:
Article