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Etiology of first-ever ischaemic stroke in European young adults: the 15 cities young stroke study.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Risk factors for IS in young adults differ between genders and evolve with age, but data on the age- and gender-specific differences by stroke etiology are scare. These features were compared based on individual patient data from 15 European stroke centers.
METHODS: Stroke etiology was reported in detail for 3331 patients aged 15-49 years with first-ever IS according to Trial of Org in Acute Stroke Treatment (TOAST) criteria: large-artery atherosclerosis (LAA), cardioembolism (CE), small-vessel occlusion (SVO), other determined etiology, or undetermined etiology. CE was categorized into low- and high-risk sources. Other determined group was divided into dissection and other non-dissection causes. Comparisons were done using logistic regression, adjusting for age, gender, and center heterogeneity.
RESULTS: Etiology remained undetermined in 39.6%. Other determined etiology was found in 21.6%, CE in 17.3%, SVO in 12.2%, and LAA in 9.3%. Other determined etiology was more common in females and younger patients, with cervical artery dissection being the single most common etiology (12.8%). CE was more common in younger patients. Within CE, the most frequent high-risk sources were atrial fibrillation/flutter (15.1%) and cardiomyopathy (11.5%). LAA, high-risk sources of CE, and SVO were more common in males. LAA and SVO showed an increasing frequency with age. No significant etiologic distribution differences were found amongst southern, central, or northern Europe.
CONCLUSIONS: The etiology of IS in young adults has clear gender-specific patterns that change with age. A notable portion of these patients remains without an evident stroke mechanism according to TOAST criteria
Etiology of first-ever ischaemic stroke in European young adults: the 15 cities young stroke study
Background and purposeRisk factors for IS in young adults differ between genders and evolve with age, but data on the age- and gender-specific differences by stroke etiology are scare. These features were compared based on individual patient data from 15 European stroke centers
Demographic and geographic vascular risk factor differences in European young adults with ischemic stroke: the 15 cities young stroke study
Item does not contain fulltextBACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: We compared among young patients with ischemic stroke the distribution of vascular risk factors among sex, age groups, and 3 distinct geographic regions in Europe. METHODS: We included patients with first-ever ischemic stroke aged 15 to 49 years from existing hospital- or population-based prospective or consecutive young stroke registries involving 15 cities in 12 countries. Geographic regions were defined as northern (Finland, Norway), central (Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, The Netherlands, Switzerland), and southern (Greece, Italy, Turkey) Europe. Hierarchical regression models were used for comparisons. RESULTS: In the study cohort (n=3944), the 3 most frequent risk factors were current smoking (48.7%), dyslipidemia (45.8%), and hypertension (35.9%). Compared with central (n=1868; median age, 43 years) and northern (n=1330; median age, 44 years) European patients, southern Europeans (n=746; median age, 41 years) were younger. No sex difference emerged between the regions, male:female ratio being 0.7 in those aged <34 years and reaching 1.7 in those aged 45 to 49 years. After accounting for confounders, no risk-factor differences emerged at the region level. Compared with females, males were older and they more frequently had dyslipidemia or coronary heart disease, or were smokers, irrespective of region. In both sexes, prevalence of family history of stroke, dyslipidemia, smoking, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, coronary heart disease, peripheral arterial disease, and atrial fibrillation positively correlated with age across all regions. CONCLUSIONS: Primary preventive strategies for ischemic stroke in young adults-having high rate of modifiable risk factors-should be targeted according to sex and age at continental level
Etiology of first-ever ischaemic stroke in European young adults: the 15 cities young stroke study
Background and purposeRisk factors for IS in young adults differ between
genders and evolve with age, but data on the age- and gender-specific
differences by stroke etiology are scare. These features were compared
based on individual patient data from 15 European stroke centers.
MethodsStroke etiology was reported in detail for 3331 patients aged
15-49years with first-ever IS according to Trial of Org in Acute Stroke
Treatment (TOAST) criteria: large-artery atherosclerosis (LAA),
cardioembolism (CE), small-vessel occlusion (SVO), other determined
etiology, or undetermined etiology. CE was categorized into low- and
high-risk sources. Other determined group was divided into dissection
and other non-dissection causes. Comparisons were done using logistic
regression, adjusting for age, gender, and center heterogeneity.
ResultsEtiology remained undetermined in 39.6%. Other determined
etiology was found in 21.6%, CE in 17.3%, SVO in 12.2%, and LAA in
9.3%. Other determined etiology was more common in females and younger
patients, with cervical artery dissection being the single most common
etiology (12.8%). CE was more common in younger patients. Within CE,
the most frequent high-risk sources were atrial fibrillation/flutter
(15.1%) and cardiomyopathy (11.5%). LAA, high-risk sources of CE, and
SVO were more common in males. LAA and SVO showed an increasing
frequency with age. No significant etiologic distribution differences
were found amongst southern, central, or northern Europe.
ConclusionsThe etiology of IS in young adults has clear gender-specific
patterns that change with age. A notable portion of these patients
remains without an evident stroke mechanism according to TOAST criteria.
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