Association between severity of Stroke and HbA1C in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

Abstract

Introduction- Type 2 diabetes affects more than 220 million people worldwide, has an alarming number of new cases in the Asian population and is an important risk factor for ischemic stroke. Moreover, hyperglycemia as indicated by high Glycated hemoglobin (HBA1C) is associated with poor outcome in acute ischemic stroke.