Age and Gender Difference among Elderly Stroke Patients in a Rehabilitation Center, Retrospective Study.

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]