According to a new study, diabetics are reported to be prone to having another stroke or a heart attack after their first stroke, known as transient ischemic attack.

Also, the researchers reported that major decrease in cholesterol level could assist in reducing the risk of experiencing the second stroke.

Dr Larry B. Goldstein, Director of the Duke Stroke Center at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N. C. and study researcher, said: “Patients who had a stroke or TIA and who have diabetes are at higher risk of having another stroke as compared to patients who have no diabetes or those who have metabolic syndrome”.

In the study, the team examined data from the Stroke Prevention by Aggressive Reduction of Cholesterol Levels Trial, which was designed to examine if the intake of high doses of cholesterol-lowering drugs called satins would reduce the risk of having a second stroke.

However, out of the 4,731 participants in the trial who had a TIA, the researchers discovered 794 diabetics and 642 with metabolic syndrome. People with diabetes were reported to have more risk than others to have another stroke or other cardiovascular event.

Dr Ralph Sacco, President of the American Heart and Stroke Association, expressed that the results have been confirmed and said; “Controlling diabetes is important after a serious cardiovascular event, and we want people to control their diabetes and also treat their blood pressure and treat their cholesterol”.