Hypertension an Important Risk Factor for Stroke : A Study of 100 Cases in A Tertiary Care Hospital

DOI: https://doi.org/10.47648/jmsr.2013.v2001.04

Kamal A H M1 , Hossain K2 , Khuda K E3

Abstract

Stroke is one of the commonest causes of death and disability in the world. Early detection and correction of risk factors, particularly the major and modifiable risk factors is the mainstay of controlling stroke. The present cross sectional hospital based study was carried out on 100 patients in Holy Family Red crescent Medical College Hospital to evaluate the correlation of hypertension with stroke as an important risk factor and the result of the study was compared with similar types of studies carried out at home and abroad. One hundred hospitalized patients of stroke were chosen randomly for the study. Male patients were more than female with ratio of 1.93:1. Majority of stroke patients were elderly 50 years and above (88%). Most of the patients came from middle and higher socioeconomic status. Hypertension was observed as the most common (82%) risk factor for stroke. Among them most of the patients were known hypertensive (90%) but were getting irregular treatment and only 10 percent cases were newly diagnosed. Most of the patients were hypertensive for 1-5 years.

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  1. Associate Professor, Department of Medicine

    Holy Family Red Crescent Medical College, Dhaka

  2. Resident Physician, Department of Medicine

    Holy Family Red Crescent Medical College, Dhaka

  3. Resident, Department of Medicine

    Holy Family Red Crescent Medical College, Dhaka


Volume 20, Number 1 January 2013
Page: 22-25