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Cardiovascular risk factors found in stroke patients
| Summary: | Were analyzed 346 patients with ischemic stroke (78.6±9.9 years) and 96 with intracerebral hemorrhage (76.5±11.9 years). In ischemic stroke the most common risk factors were hypertension (68.2%), diabetes mellitus (27.5%), hypercholesterolemia (25.0%), atrial fibrillation (24.3%) and smoking (5.5%). We also found that 12.7% of the patients were obese. In hemorrhagic stroke the most prevalent risk factors were hypertension (53.1%), dyslipidemia (25.7%), atrial fibrillation (24.3%), obesity (18%) and smoking (7.3%). Hypertension was more prevalent in ischemic stroke and is associated with type of stroke (x2 = 7.508, df = 1, p = 0.005). Atrial fibrillation also prevailed in thromboembolic events with statistical significance (p = 0.043). Only 16% of patients with ischemic stroke did not have any cardiovascular risk factor. |
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| Main Authors: | Novo, André |
| Other Authors: | Preto, Leonel; Mendes, Eugénia; Pimentel, Maria Helena |
| Subject: | Prevalence Risk factors Ischemic stroke Hemorrhagic stroke |
| Year: | 2014 |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Document type: | conference output |
| Access type: | open access |
| Associated institution: | Universidade Politécnica de Bragança |
| Language: | English |
| Origin: | Biblioteca Digital da UPB |
| Summary: | Were analyzed 346 patients with ischemic stroke (78.6±9.9 years) and 96 with intracerebral hemorrhage (76.5±11.9 years). In ischemic stroke the most common risk factors were hypertension (68.2%), diabetes mellitus (27.5%), hypercholesterolemia (25.0%), atrial fibrillation (24.3%) and smoking (5.5%). We also found that 12.7% of the patients were obese. In hemorrhagic stroke the most prevalent risk factors were hypertension (53.1%), dyslipidemia (25.7%), atrial fibrillation (24.3%), obesity (18%) and smoking (7.3%). Hypertension was more prevalent in ischemic stroke and is associated with type of stroke (x2 = 7.508, df = 1, p = 0.005). Atrial fibrillation also prevailed in thromboembolic events with statistical significance (p = 0.043). Only 16% of patients with ischemic stroke did not have any cardiovascular risk factor. |
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