Ischemic Stroke in Young Adults Risk Factors, Subtypes, and Prognosis

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Balci, Kemal [1 ]
Utku, Ufuk [1 ]
Asil, Talip [1 ]
Celik, Yahya [1 ]
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[1] Trakya Univ, Dept Neurol, Sch Med, Edirne, Turkey
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young stroke; risk factors; prognosis; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CLASSIFICATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; RELIABILITY; MIGRAINE; REGISTRY; SMOKING;
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10.1097/NRL.0b013e3181f954a7
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R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
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Background: Ischemic strokes occurring in patients younger than 47 years is a relatively rare event and accounts for less than 5% of all ischemic strokes in western countries. Objective: The etiologic spectrum in younger patients and older patients differs considerably. Methods: In this hospital case series study, we enrolled 192 patients with ischemic stroke, aged 18 to 47 years, all of whom were submitted to a diagnostic protocol. The risk factors for stroke and the distribution of stroke subtype and prognosis were studied. Modified diagnostic criteria adopted from the Trial of ORG 10172 in Acute Stroke Treatment and the Baltimore-Washington Cooperative Young Stroke Study, were used for etiologic classification. Results: Hypertension was found to be the main risk factor (45%) followed by cigarette smoking (37%), hyperlipidemia (35.4%), diabetes mellitus (17%), and family history of stroke (18%). Hypertension, diabetes mellitus, hypercholesterolemia, and smoking were present either alone or in combination in the majority of our patients. Oral contraceptives were being taken by 25% of the women. The etiology of stroke was as follows: atherothrombosis 26.5%, cardioembolism 20%, nonatherosclerotic vasculopathies 13%, other determined causes 10%, lacunar stroke 6%, migraine 3.6%, and undetermined causes 21%. Conclusions: Hypertension, diabetes mellitus, hypercholesterolemia, and smoking were the most common risk factors in our ischemic stroke patients between 18-47 years of age. Health care programs targeting the prevention and treatment of these factors will reduce the associated morbidity and mortality of stroke among this socioeconomically active age group.
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