BACKGROUND Stroke is disastrous particularly in young due to its immediate and long-term impact on victims, burden on their families and at large on the society. As the incidence of young stroke is increasing, we aimed to find out aetiology, clinical profile and risk factors of young stroke at Maharaja Yeshwant Rao Hospital, Central India. METHODS The present descriptive and clinical study was carried out in the Department of Medicine, M.G.M. Medical College and Maharaja Yeshwant Rao Hospital, Indore from Oct. 2013 to Oct. 2014 after approval from Institutional Ethics Committee. A total of 50 consecutive patients between 18-45 years of age presenting with stroke were recruited who were fulfilling inclusion criteria and exclusion criteria after taking prior informed consent. RESULTS Males (59%) were more commonly affected than females. Mean age of study population was 31.70±7.42 years and that of male and female patients was 33.03±7.131 and 29.85±7.237 years respectively and majority of stroke patients were in the age group of 36-40 years (26%). Motor deficit (90%) was most common clinical presentation. 78% patients suffered ischemic stroke. Most common aetiological factors were atherosclerosis (28%), smoking (40%), alcohol (32%) and hypertension (32%). CONCLUSIONS Smoking and alcohol are two leading modifiable risk factors found in our study, suggesting that increased public awareness and public health system interventions could reduce overall burden due to young stroke.

Introduction: Stroke is classically characterized as a neurological decit attributed to an acute focal injury of the central nervous system due to impairment of cerebral circulation, resulting in abnormal perfusion of brain causing acute neurological decit. Diabetes mellitus and dyslipidaemia, along with hypertension and smoking are the leading risk factors for the occurrence of stroke. It is most common in elderly patients, but stroke can occur at any age, including childhood. There are many risk factors found to be associated with the stroke but role of lipid abnormality as major risk factor is consistently observed. Aim & Objectives: To evaluate lipid prole status in young patients suffering from stroke and its relationship with etiology of stroke. Material & Methods: This prospective clinical study was conducted in M Y Hospital, Indore in the young (15-45 years) patients suffering from stroke attended the medicine department. The total50 patients were included in the study after informed consent. Complete lipid prole was evaluated using serum sample of patients by standard enzymatic methods in the central lab of hospital. Results & Observations: Total cholesterol, Triglycerides, HDL, LDL were found abnormal in 28,16%,82%,62% subjects presented with stroke. Out of theses patients presented with abnormal lipid status the percentage of ischaemic stroke was 13%,7%,32%,27% respectively and haemorrhagic stroke was observed in 01%, 01%,09%, 04% respectively. Conclusions: Our study concluded that relation of dyslipidaemia with ischaemic and haemorrhagic stroke patients isn't consistent and more related to ischaemic stroke as compared to haemorrhagic stroke.