Abstract:Objective To explore the relations of plasma homocysteine (Hcy) level with leukoaraiosis and post-stroke comorbid anxiety and depression (PSCAD) in acute stroke patients. Methods The clinical data of 270 cases of acute stroke patients were retrospective analyzed. According to the leukoaraiosis severity (LA) they were divided into a mild LA group and a moderate and severe LA group. According to the PSCAD status they were divided into a PSCAD group and a non-PSCAD group. Elbow vein blood was extracted in all patients on the 2nd day after admission for detection of plasma Hcy level, and the relationships of plasma Hcy level with LA and PSCAD were analyzed. Results The age was older, the hypertension ratio, the smoking ratio, the rate of moderate and severe infarction and the plasma Hcy level were significantly higher in the moderate and severe LA group compared to the mild LA group (P < 0.05). The hypertension ratio, drinking ratio, the rate of basal ganglia and frontal lobe infarction, the rate of moderate and severe infarction and the plasma Hcy level in the PSCAD group were significantly higher than those in the non-PSCAD group (P < 0.05). Logistic regression analysis showed that age, hypertension and plasma Hcy level were the independent risk factors for moderate and severe LA (P < 0.05); drinking and plasma Hcy level were the independent risk factors for PSCAD (P < 0.05). Correlation analysis showed that plasma Hcy level was positively correlated with the severity of LA and the degree of anxiety and depression (P < 0.05). Conclusions Plasma Hcy level is positively correlated with the severity of LA and the degree of anxiety and depression.