Clinical Characteristics of Nonagenarian Stroke
Journal of the Korean Neurological Association
; : 137-142, 2007.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM (Western Pacific)
| ID: wpr-115397
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
As the elderly population is fast growing, the incidence of stroke is also increasing. We studied the clinical characteristics of nonagenarian stroke compared to a population of patients under the age of ninety.METHODS:
Subjects included 44 nonagenarian stroke patients and 22,227 control patients aged under ninety. Clinical characteristics including age, sex, risk factors, stroke subtype, and outcome (one-year prognosis, evaluated by a modified Rankin scale) were analyzed.RESULTS:
The proportion of nonagenarian stroke accounted for 0.2% of all cases of stroke. Ischemic stroke was more common than hemorrhagic stroke in the nonagenarian group. In addition, the female gender was more frequent (p<0.01). As the patients were older, their admission period was shorter, the discharge against medical advice was increased, and the mortality was higher. Hypertension and atrial fibrillation were significantly higher (p<0.05, p<0.001, respectively) in the nonagenarian ischemic stroke patients.CONCLUSIONS:
Nonagenarian stroke patients have unique clinical characteristics compared with stroke patients under the age of ninety.
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Health context:
SDG3 - Target 3.4 Reduce premature mortality due to noncommunicable diseases
Health problem:
Arterial Hypertension
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Cardiovascular Disease
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Cerebrovascular Disease
Database:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Prognosis
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Atrial Fibrillation
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Incidence
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Risk Factors
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Mortality
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Stroke
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Hypertension
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Incidence study
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Prognostic study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Aged
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Aged, 80 and over
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Female
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Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of the Korean Neurological Association
Year:
2007
Document type:
Article