Investigation of the Relationship Between Ischemic Stroke Disease and Serum Zinc Levels

Abstract

Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the development of ischemic stroke disease and the serum zinc level. Materials and Methods: A total of 22 ischemic stroke patients and 38 healthy controls were included in the study. Routine blood samples of both groups were centrifuged at 5000 rpm for 5 minutes and serum samples were separated from the blood. Distilled water was added to the serum samples to make a total volume of 4 mL. Vortexing was used to homogenize the total mixture and standard solutions were used to detect zinc with an atomic absorption spectrophotometer. A concentration calibration graph was created to illustrate the results. Results: The serum zinc level was significantly higher in the patient group than in the control group (p0.05). However, a strong positive significant correlation was detected between hemoglobin and hematocrit parameters (r=0.936; p