Mehr Imran, Muhammad Arslan, Muhammad Umair Fiaz, Ayesha Khalid.
Stroke; Common Factors Leading In Young Local Population.
Professional Med J Jan ;24(9):1306-9.

Objectives: To determine the frequency of common factors leading to stroke in young local population. Study Design: It is Descriptive Cross-Sectional study. Setting: Medical floor, DHQ, Hospital, Faisalabad. Period of Study: 6 Months, September, 2016 to February, 2017. Methodology: A total of 150 diagnosed cases of stoke between 18-40 years of age of either gender were enrolled in this trial. We excluded all those cases with recurrent history of cerebrovascular accidents, space occupying lesion, head injury, hypoglycemia, transient ischemic attack, CNS infection. We used CT brain showing either infarct or hemorrhage. After a detailed history from patient/relative including the common factors of stroke, all patients undergoing thorough physical examination, CT/MRI Scan brain, lipid profile and fasting blood glucose measurement to rule out the presence/absence of hypertension, smoking, Dyslipidemia and diabetes mellitus being the common risk factors. Results: Age distribution shows 38% (n=57) were between 18-30 years while 62% (n=93) between 31-40 years, mean+sd was calculated as 35.21+6.47 years. (Table-I) Gender distribution shows 64% (n=96) male and 36% (n=54) females. (Table-II). Frequency of common factors leading to stroke in young adults reveals hypertension in 60.67% (n=91), diabetes mellitus in 41.33% (n=62), smoking in 31.33% (n=47) and dyslipidemia in 23.33% (n=35). Conclusion: The results of the study conclude that among common factors hypertension, smoking, dyslipidemia and diabetes mellitus are the leading causes of stroke and these factors are modifiable and by controlling on these factors, the frequency of stroke in young adults may be avoided.

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