Do brain microbleeds relate to higher ambulatory blood pressure levels in first-ever lacunar stroke patients?
Our results underline the role of a high 24-hour BP load as an important risk factor for BMBs. The association of BP levels with deep but not purely lobar BMBs is in line with the idea that different vasculopathies might be involved. Deep BMBs may be a particular marker of BP-related small vessel disease, but longitudinal and larger studies are now warranted to substantiate these findings.
No dichotomous subsets of preeclampsia by inflammation versus insulin resistance were detected. Contrary to our hypothesis, insulin resistance was higher as inflammation increased in preeclampsia.