Triglycerides linked to stroke risk: Study

8220;LDL or 8216;bad8217; cholesterol has been the primary target for reducing the risk of stroke, but these results show that other types of cholesterol may be more strongly linked with stroke risk,8221; said study author Bruce Ovbiagele, MD, of UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles and member of the American Academy of Neurology.

The researchers analysed the records of 1,049 people admitted to a university hospital with a stroke or mini-stroke over four years. Of those, 247 people had a large artery atherosclerotic stroke.

This is a type of ischemic stroke caused by blockage of blood flow to the brain. People with this type of stroke have blockage in the large arteries leading to the brain, the study said.

People with high triglycerides and elevated 8220;non-high density lipoprotein cholesterol8221; were more likely to have a large artery atherosclerotic stroke than those with low levels of these fats in the blood, it added.