Geographical variations in stroke incidence and case-fatality have been documented worldwide. This study examines whether there are spatio-temporal variations in stroke incidence and case-fatality in Hong Kong and attempts to determine to what extent socioeconomic status (SES) and healthcare provision account for these variations. Residence-based hospital discharge data from the Hospital Author...

Physical inactivity is considered as one of the most important modifiable risk factors for stroke. Physical activity may reduce the risk of stroke by preventing some risk factors for stroke, such as obesity, hypertension, dyslipidemia, and diabetes mellitus. In addition, several previous studies suggested direct effects of physical activity, such as improved endothelial function and reduced sys...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Dietary potassium has been associated with lower risk of stroke, but there are little data on dietary potassium effects on different stroke subtypes or in older women with hypertension and nonhypertension. METHODS The study population consisted of 90 137 postmenopausal women aged 50 to 79 at enrollment, free of stroke history at baseline, followed up prospectively for a...

BACKGROUND Contrary to common belief of clinicians that hemorrhagic stroke survivors have better functional prognoses than ischemic, recent studies show that ischemic survivors could experience similar or even better functional improvements. However, the influence of stroke subtype on gait and posture outcomes following an intervention blending conventional physiotherapy with robotic-assisted g...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to explore the association between adiposity and risk of incident stroke among men and women. METHODS We studied the relationship between adiposity and stroke among 94,744 participants (18-98 years old) in the Kailuan study. During a follow-up of 4 years, 1,547 ischemic or hemorrhagic strokes were recorded. Measurements of adiposity included body mass...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Several studies established smoking as a risk factor for ischemic stroke and subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) in men and women. A recent study added smoking as a risk factor for intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) in men. In contrast, the impact of smoking on ICH in women is less clear. METHODS Prospective cohort study among 39 783 US women participating in the Women's Health S...

BACKGROUND Although diabetes is a well-known risk factor of atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases, the cardiovascular disease risk of glycemia below the current diabetic threshold remains uncertain. METHODS AND RESULTS A total of 652,901 Korean men aged 30 to 64 years from the Korean National Health Insurance System were categorized into 8 groups by fasting blood glucose (FBG) level at base...

T he last form of stroke without a primary treatment is intra-cerebral hemorrhage (ICH). 1 The past decade has brought significant understanding of hematoma expansion, ICH volume , and intraventricular hemorrhage extension as independent severity factors. 2 The Surgical Treatment for Ischemic Heart Failure (STICH) trials indicate that craniotomy is not the answer for deep hematomas but has crea...

BACKGROUND Stroke is one of the major causes of death worldwide. The importance of increased intima-media thickness in cardiovascular risk stratification has been recurrently studied. The relationship between them, however, is still controversial. OBJECTIVES To determine whether increased common carotid artery (CCA) intima-media thickness can be used as an independent high-risk marker for the...

Results Forty-five patients were included (n = 45) and received the following diagnosis: ischemic stroke/TIA 55.6% (n = 25), hemorrhagic stroke 6.7% (n = 3), other 37.8% (n = 17). Ninety-one percent (n = 41) were admitted for further examination. Eighty percent (n = 20) of patients with validated stroke were aged 61-90 years. In 91% of cases with suspected stroke, the tentative diagnosis was su...