Title:Value of IMA, IMAR, the IMA Index, and Other Hematological Features
in Predicting AIS Caused by MCA Stenosis/Occlusion
Volume: 19
Issue: 2
Author(s): Sijin Li, Xing Chen, Huan Yang, Huiyang Li and Biqiong Ren*
Affiliation:
- School of Clinical Medicine, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Hunan, China
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Second People's Hospital
of Hunan Province, Changsha, Hunan 410007, China
Keywords:
Acute ischemic stroke, ischemia-modified albumin, ratio of IMA to albumin, albumin-adjusted ischemia modified albumin index, middle cerebral artery stenosis, severe stenosis, occlusion.
Abstract:
Objective: In this study, we investigated the relationship between serum ischemic modified
albumin (IMA) levels and other hematologic features and middle cerebral artery (MCA) severe
stenosis/occlusion in acute ischemic stroke (AIS) patients.
Methods: The levels of serum IMA and Albumin (ALB) of 169 AIS patients were measured, and
the ratio of IMA to albumin (IMAR) and the albumin-adjusted ischemia-modified albumin index
(IMA index) were calculated. Different combinations of other hematologic changes and clinical
features of the patients were analyzed.
Results: The results indicated that the levels of blood IMA and IMAR were significantly higher in
the group with severe intracranial stenosis/occlusion than in the group with non-severe stenosis/
occlusion in AIS patients, while the CHE levels were significantly lower than those in the other
groups. In the MCA severe stenosis/occlusion group, the levels of blood IMA and IMAR were significantly
higher than that in the other vascular severe stenosis/occlusion groups, while the IMA
index, ALB, and CHE were significantly lower than that in the other groups. Multiple linear regression
analysis showed a significant negative correlation between IMA and albumin. A combined
diagnostic ROC curve analysis showed that among AIS patients, the best combination for determining
severe stenosis/occlusion of the great intracranial arteries was the admission NIHSS score +
CHE (AUC = 0.783). The best combination for determining severe stenosis or occlusion of the
MCA in AIS patients was IMAR combined with the admission NIHSS score and CHE (AUC =
0.827).
Conclusion: The combined use of IMA, IMAR, and the IMA index has some diagnostic value in
AIS caused by severe stenosis or occlusion of the MCA. IMAR, CHE, and the admission NIHSS
scores are the best combinations to determine whether an AIS patient has severe stenosis or occlusion
of the MCA.