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題 名 | Neuroepidemiological Survey in Ilan, Taiwan (NESIT):(5) Prevalence of Stroke and Hypertension in Ilan, Taiwan |
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作 者 | Chen,Zen-yong; Chang,Shu-feng; Su,Che-long; Lee,Chau-shoun; Chen,Rong-chi; | 書刊名 | Acta Neurologica Taiwanica |
卷 期 | 7:4 1998.12[民87.12] |
頁 次 | 頁266-271 |
分類號 | 415.922 |
關鍵詞 | Stroke; Hypertension; Prevalence; Ilan; Taiwan; |
語 文 | 英文(English) |
英文摘要 | Here we report the results of our survey of the prevalence of stroke and hypertension in Ilan area and the association between these two disorders. Meanwhile, we examine other risk factor associated with stroke and the outcomes of the patients with stroke. This survey was carried out among middle and old aged residents in llan area during the period from January 1, 1993 to May 31 1995. We used two-phase design to investigate the prevalence of stroke. Phase one was carried out by trained interviewers with the questionnaires and simple physical examination. In phase I study 10,058 residents were interviewed. A neurologist further evaluated all the 2385 people with abnormal results in the screening procedure in phase 2 study. The prevalence of hypertension increases with age. It is 8.26% in people at 40-44 years of age, and increases to 29.20% at 65-74 years of age. Hypertension is slightly more common in women (22.79%) than men (18.57%) p<0.01 by chi-square test. There are 308 subjects identified to have stroke. The prevalence of stroke in people at or older than 40 years of age is 3.06%. It is slightly higher in male (3.32%) than in female (2.81%) but there is no statistical significance by chi-square test (p>0.05). The prevalence of stroke is 0.43% in the group at 40-44 years of age, and increases to 7.89% in persons older than 75 years of age. The association of hypertension and stroke is significant. The prevalence of hypertension in stroke patients (71.1%) is greater than the non-stroke group (19.0%). Besides hypertension, diabetes mellitus is significantly associated with stroke. The outcome of non-fatal stroke is miserable. Only totally 67.2% of persons with non-fatal stroke recovered nearly completely and could resume their social and daily activities but there were still 32.8% of patients with partially or completely dependent life. |
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