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BACKGROUND: To characterize the vascular risk factor profiles in ischemic s
troke and in intracerebral hemorrhage.
PATIENTS AND METHOD: The study population consisted of 1,473 consecutive is
chemic stroke patients and 229 consecutive intracerebral hemorrhagic patien
ts collected in the Sagrat Cor Hospital of Barcelona Stroke Registry over a
10-year period. The prevalence of vascular risk factors in ischemic stroke
and in intracerebral hemorrhage was analyzed by means of univariate analys
is and a logistic regression model.
RESULTS: Hypertension was present in 52% of ischemic stroke patients and in
60.7% of intracerebral hemorrhagic patients. The pattern of risk factors a
ssociated with ischemic stroke included valve heart disease (OR = 5.96; 95%
CI, 1.42-24.88), transient ischemic attack (OR = 4.16; 95% CI, 2-8.64), at
rial fibrillation (OR = 2.95; 95% CI, 1.88-4.64), previous brain infarct (O
R = 2.58; 95% CI, 1.53-4.35), ischemic heart disease (OR = 2.55; 95% CI, 1.
41-4.62), hyperlipidemia (OR = 2.12; 95% CI, 1.32-3.4), hypertension (OR =
0.64; 95% CI, 0.48-0.87), chronic liver disease (OR = 0.32; 95% CI, 0.14-0.
73), previous cerebral hemorrhage (OR = 0.24; 95% CI, 0.09-0.64) and oral a
nticoagulant therapy (OR = 0.11; 95% CI, 0.03-0.36).
CONCLUSIONS: Different potentially modifiable vascular risk factors profile
s were identified in ischemic versus hemorrhagic stroke.