Key result
Male patients with ischemic stroke had significantly higher rates of tobacco chewing (54.4% vs 16.3%), smoking (54.4% vs 25.6%), and dyslipidemia (12.3% vs 0%) compared to female patients.
Why the study?
The study aimed to evaluate and compare the presence of various ischemic stroke risk factors among males and females.
Cross-Sectional (n=100)
No
In a North Indian cohort of ischemic stroke patients, modifiable risk factors such as smoking, tobacco chewing, and dyslipidemia were significantly more prevalent in men than in women.
Supports targeted prevention in men with ischemic stroke; leaves open generalizability and causality beyond this cross-sectional cohort.
Every year, more than 33 million people worldwide experience an acute stroke. ischemic stroke is caused by loss of blood supply to brain tissues due to sudden occlusion of arterial system by an embolus or a thrombus. Non-modifiable risk factors are age, sex & genetic factors whereas modifiable ones include hypertension, diabetes, smoking, tobacco chewing, dyslipidaemia, obesity, cardiac disease etc. Aim of the present study is to evaluate & compare the presence of various risk factors of ischemic stroke among males & females.
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Kumar et al. (2020) conducted a cross-sectional in Ischemic stroke (n=100). Male sex vs. Female sex was evaluated on Prevalence of tobacco chewing (p=0.0001). Male patients with ischemic stroke had significantly higher rates of tobacco chewing (54.4% vs 16.3%), smoking (54.4% vs 25.6%), and dyslipidemia (12.3% vs 0%) compared to female patients.
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