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  • The study aimed to analyze risk factors for ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke subtypes using data from 2,395 first-time stroke patients at Perugia Hospital between 1998 and 2002.
  • Different risk factors, such as hypertension (61%) and familial history of stroke (41.6%), were prevalent among patients, with distinct profiles emerging for ischemic strokes while male gender was a lone independent risk factor for hemorrhagic strokes.
  • The research utilized univariate analysis and logistic regression models to compare the prevalence of these factors across stroke types, emphasizing the need for targeted prevention strategies based on subtype-specific profiles.

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To understand the etiopathogenetic mechanisms of stroke and to target prevention, we need to know how risk factors differ among etiological subtypes. Our aims were to determine the different profile of risk factors for ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke subtypes in our cohort from the Perugia Hospital-Based Stroke Registry. We analyzed the characteristics and the different risk factors of 2,395 first-ever consecutive stroke patients admitted to the Perugia Hospitals in the period between January 1, 1998 and December 31, 2002. The prevalence of cerebrovascular risk factors in each stroke subtype was analyzed independently and compared with other subtypes of stroke pooled together by means of univariate analysis and logistic regression models. Hypertension occurred in 61% of patients; familial history of stroke in 41.6%; vascular disease in 27.2%; embolic heart disease in 22.3%; cigarette smoking in 21.6%. Different potentially modifiable risk factors profiles were identified for each ischemic subtype of stroke, while in hemorrhagic lobar stroke subtypes, only male gender was an independent risk factor.

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