section_path: Prevention/Risk factors/Blood lipids
section_name: Blood lipids
paragraph_text: Blood lipids
  
  High cholesterol levels have been inconsistently associated with (ischemic) stroke. Statins have been shown to reduce the risk of stroke by about 15%. Since earlier meta-analyses of other lipid-lowering drugs did not show a decreased risk, statins might exert their effect through mechanisms other than their lipid-lowering effects.