Factors Associated With Ischemic Stroke Survival and Recovery in Older Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

Little is known about factors that predispose older adults to poor recovery after a stroke. In this study, we sought to evaluate prestroke measures of frailty and related factors as markers of vulnerability to poor outcomes after ischemic stroke.

Methods

In participants aged 65 to 99 years with incident ischemic strokes from the Cardiovascular Health Study, we evaluated the association of several risk factors (frailty, frailty components, C-reactive protein, interleukin-6, and cystatin C) assessed before stroke with stroke outcomes of survival, cognitive decline (≥5 points on Modified Mini-Mental State Examination), and activities of daily living decline (increase in limitations).

Results

Among 717 participants with incident ischemic stroke with

SUBMITTER: Winovich DT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5553701 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature