Freeha Sharif, Samina Ghulam, Amjad Sharif.
Prevalence of risk factors associated with stroke.
Pak Heart J Jan ;52(1):91-5.

Objective: To assess the most common type of stroke and to determine the rate of different risk factors of stroke. Methodology: This cross sectional study was conducted at Armed Forces Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, Rawalpindi, from 1st July to 31st December 2016. The study included patients with acute or chronic stroke of either type i.e infarct or hemorrhagic stroke. Pre planned questionnaire including several variables like age, gender, type of stroke, area involved, side of hemiplegia and known risk factors of stroke like hypertension, diabetes mellitus, cardiac diseases, smoking, stress, sedentary life style and family history was recorded.Sampling was done by consecutive non-probability technique. The data was collected and analyzed using SPSS-20. Results: Among 100 stroke patients 65% were males. The mean age was 20 to60 years. About 75% had ischemic stroke while 25% had hemorrhagic stroke.Among all stroke patients 64% had sedentary life style. 34% patients had family history of stroke, 71% had hypertension, 52% had diabetes mellitus and 35%males had habit of smoking. Of all 68% patients had MCA lesion, 7% had PCA lesion and 25% had ACA lesion, 33% had cardiac problems and stress was among 31% patients. Conclusion: Our study explored that risk factors for stroke are advanced age,sedentary life style and associated diseases like hypertension and diabetes mellitus.

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