1. Age and Gender Difference among Elderly Stroke Patients in a Rehabilitation Center, Retrospective Study.
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Alnaqeb, Dhekra, Si Larbi, Mohammed Taher, Saba, Iram, Zaidan, Radwan, Aboughanima, Nablia M., Alshaikh, Hussam M., Alzaraa, Khalid M., Dagumampan, Leah M. G., and Alwhaibi, Bader A.
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HYPERLIPIDEMIA ,T-test (Statistics) ,SEX distribution ,HYPERTENSION ,AGE distribution ,RETROSPECTIVE studies ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,CHI-squared test ,MANN Whitney U Test ,REHABILITATION centers ,ODDS ratio ,STROKE rehabilitation ,ISCHEMIC stroke ,STATISTICS ,STROKE patients ,COMORBIDITY ,DIABETES ,OLD age - Abstract
This study aims to report the patients' associated factors related to the study cohort. This is a retrospective hospital-based cohort study that recruited 503 elderly patients (>55 years) with stroke from a tertiary rehabilitation center. Data were collected through a pre-designed case report form, and stroke was classified according to Data on Trial of Org 10172 in Acute Stroke Treatment (TOAST) classification. There was a female predominance at a rate of 52.9% and a significant co-morbidity related to diabetes, hyperlipidemia, and hypertension in addition to cardiac disease. The ischemic stroke affected 84.7% of the studied sample. The univariate analysis reported that male gender, diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia were not associated with an increased risk of non-ischemic stroke, while obesity showed a paradoxical reduction in the risk of stroke. Stroke among old patients behaves differently and warrants initiating both primary and secondary prevention programs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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