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Volume 24

October - December 2008 (Part-II)

Number  6


 

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Multicentre Based Study on Stratification of
Modifiable Risk Factors in Stroke

Arif Herekar1, Saima Hilal2

ABSTRACT

Objective: To study the frequency of modifiable risk factors in ischaemic and haemorrhagic strokes.

Methodology: It is a prospective descriptive multicentre based study conducted in the neurology ward of Civil Hospital and Neuro Diagnostic Centre, Karachi from July 2007 to February 2008. A questionnaire was prepared in accordance with the objective of the study. It contained detailed history, neurological examination and investigations. Every patient enrolled in the study underwent either a CT Scan, an MRI or an MRA to establish the diagnosis of a stroke and establishing the cause of the stroke whether it was ischaemic or haemorrhagic. Risk factors for these patients and their age of onset was also studied.

Results: Fifty patients with established diagnosis of stroke were selected; forty-three suffered from ischaemic stroke (86%) while seven fell into the category of haemorrhagic stroke (14%). Thirty-two (64%) patients had more than one risk factor. The age range of patients was from 17 to 80 years. Out of 50 patients twenty-nine (58%) were males and twenty-one (42%) were females. The commonest risk factor of ischemic stroke was hypertension (32.61%) followed by diabetes (23.91%), hyperlipidaemia (23.91%) & ischaemic heart disease (19.57%) where as in haemorrhagic stroke it was also high blood pressure (71.4%) and aneurysm (28.57%).

Conclusion: Majority of the patients studied had one or more modifiable risk factors. The commonest risk factor was hypertension 32.61% followed by diabetes 23.91%.

KEYWORDS: Risk factors, Strokes, Hypertension, Diabetes Mellitus.

Pak J Med Sci    October - December 2008 (Part-II)    Vol. 24 No. 6    853-856

How to cite this article:

Herekar A, Hilal S. Multicentre Based Study on Stratification of Modifiable Risk Factors in Stroke. Pak J Med Sci 2008;24(6):853-56.


1. Arif Herekar,
2. Saima Hilal, M.B.B.S.,
Medical Officer,
1-2: Dow University of Health Sciences,
Karachi, Pakistan.

Correspondence

Dr. Saima Hilal,
House No. 365,
Block-14,
Gulistan-e-Jauhar,
Karachi - Pakistan.
Email: saima.hilal@gmail.com 

* Received for Publication: July 4, 2008
* Revision Received: September 25, 2008
* 2nd Revision Received: September 30, 2008
* Final Revision Accepted: October 10, 2008



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