Risk factors of CVA at the rural areas near the cities in hiroshima prefecture / 日本農村医学会雑誌

ABSTRACT

Risk factors examined within one year before the onset of the attack were investigated in 92 cases with cerebrovascular accident.<BR>Systolic and/or diastolic hypertension, hyperuricemia, elevated SUN and abnormal ECG findings (atrial fibrillation, T wave abnormality, QRS high voltage, abnormal Q wave) were related with CVA.<BR>Also, CVA were frequently encountered with thinness, anemia, hypoproteinemia and hyperglycemia in male, and obesity, hypertriglyceridemia and elevated serum creatinine in female.<BR>Hypertension, hyperglycemia, elevated SUN and serum creatinine played inportant roles in the occurrence of cerebral infarction, and hypertension and hypertriglyceridemia in cerebral hemorrhage.