Insulin Resistance is Significantly Related with Worse Clinical Outcomes in Non-Diabetic Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients Treated with Intravenous Thrombolysis

Abstract Objectives to investigate the relationship between insulin resistance (IR) and clinical outcomes in non-diabetic ischemic stroke patients treated with intravenous thrombolysis. Methods We recruited non-diabetic ischemic stroke patients treated with intravenous thrombolysis prospectively. IR was defined as homeostasis model assessment–estimated insulin resistance index ≥2.80. Initial stroke severity was assessed using the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale scores, and infarct volume was measured using DWI. Clinical outcomes were evaluated by neurological improvement and hemorrhagic transformation at 24 hours, and favorable functional prognosis at 90 days. Results 232 patients were enrolled into this study. IR group was 67 patients, non-IR group was 165 patients. Compared with the non-IR group, the probability of neurological improvement at 24 h ours and favorable functional outcome at 90 days in IR group were all significantly lower (41.79% vs 63.03%, p 3 , higher than that in non-IR group (1.96 cm 3 ), but no statistical difference (p=0.65). Conclusions In non-diabetic ischemic stroke patients treated with intravenous thrombolysis, IR was related with worse clinical outcomes, but not with infarct volume.