Comparison of Risk Factors for Stroke Subtypes versus Acute Coronary Syndrome: A Population-Based Study
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2016
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Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
Abstract
Stroke and acute coronary syndromes (ACS) share risk factors, but population-based data on
differential associations with stroke subtype and ACS are limited. We studied pre-morbid risk
factors in stroke subtypes and acute coronary syndrome.
We studied all first-ever TIA/strokes and ACS from 2002-2012 in a population-based cohort
(Oxford Vascular Study). Risk associations were compared by logistic regression, adjusted for
age and sex, for hypertension, diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidaemia, atrial fibrillation, current
smoking and over-weight (BMI > 25).
1913 TIA/ischaemic strokes (mean age 71.6 years, women 53.9%), 112 intracerebral
haemorrhages (ICH) (mean age 71.0 years, 51.8% women) and 1191 ACS (mean age 71.35
years, 35.4% women) were studied. Compared to ACS, hypertension (adjusted OR=1.34,
95%CI=1.15-1.56, p < 0.001), hyperlipidaemia (1.27, 1.07-1.50, p=0.006) and atrial fibrillation
(1.40, 1.12-1.76, p=0.004) were more strongly associated with TIA/ischemic stroke than with
ACS. However, diabetes mellitus (0.71, 0.57-0.88, p=0.002), current smoking (0.62, 0.51-0.75,
p= < 0.001) and over-weight (0.78, 0.65-0.93, p=0.007) were negatively associated with
TIA/ischemic stroke compared with ACS. For ICH, hypertension (1.85, 1.22-2.81, p=0.004)
was more strongly associated than with ACS, whereas hyperlipidaemia (0.56, 0.32-0.97,
p=0.039), current smoking (0.40, 0.21-0.74, p=0.004) and over-weight (0.64, 0.42-0.99,
p=0.045) were negatively associated. When ICH was compared with TIA/ischemic stroke, the
negative associations with hyperlipidaemia (0.43, 0.25-0.74, p=0.002) remained. Results were
unchanged after exclusion of TIA.
Diabetes mellitus, current smoking and obesity are more strongly associated with ACS than
with stroke, whereas hypertension is a stronger risk factor for ischaemic and haemorrhagic
stroke. Hyperlipidaemia is negatively associated with ICH.
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Brain-Heart Interactions
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Mettananda, C., Rothwell, P., Li, L., Mehta, Z. and Gutnikov, S. 2016. Comparison of Risk Factors for Stroke Subtypes versus Acute Coronary Syndrome: A Population-Based Study. In proceedings of the 17th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2016, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. p 128.