Risk factors, electrolyte disturbances and lipid profiles in sudanese patients with stroke

Abstract

Stroke is a growing public health concern in low-and middle-income countries, however no systematic study has been conducted to elucidate possible causes of stroke among most low-and middle-income countries. The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence of stroke, associated risk factors, electrolyte disturbances and lipid profiles in Sudanese stroke patients. A retrospective hospital-based study was conducted for 188 stroke patients. A 59.6% of patients are males and 40.4% are females, 42.55% of their age ranged between 41 to 60 years, with mortality rate 17.02%. A 78.2% of patients had ischemic infarction and 21.8% had hemorrhage. Predisposing factors for the development of stroke was hypertension 43.6%, diabetes mellitus16.5%, heart disease 4.3%, smoking 3.7% and alcohol consumption 3.7%. Stroke patients had strong family history of hypertension 12.23%, diabetes mellitus 10.11%, stroke 3.72% and heart diseases 1.10%. The electrolyte disturbances and lipid profiles showed a significant different (P<0.05) between males and females in hemoglobin (HB), hematocrit (HCT), cholesterol and low density lipoprotein (LDL) levels, and a significant different (P<0.05) between ischemic and hemorrhage stroke in platelets (PLTs), potassium and HDL levels. Our results confirm a high prevalence of risk factors for stroke, and a better understanding of stroke risk factors and outcome may help guide efforts at reducing the community burden of stroke in Sudan.

Study of prevalence risk factors, clinical pattern and outcome of acute cerebrovascular stroke patients admitted to AL-gamhouria teaching hospital

“…A total of 110 patients admitted to AL-Gamhouria Teaching Hospital were studied (52%), are males and (48%) are females with a male to female ratio of 1.1:1 This was not statistically significant; p=0.624./. These figures are similar to research done in Nigeria , showing (51.7%) were males and (48.3%) were females (12) but are not similar to figures reported from Brazil which contained a female predominance, (10) Female predominance was also maintained in all the age groups , in a Kenyan study (9) and Ethiopian study (4).…”