Cocaine Use and Risk of Ischemic Stroke in Young Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

Although case reports have long identified a temporal association between cocaine use and ischemic stroke (IS), few epidemiological studies have examined the association of cocaine use with IS in young adults, by timing, route, and frequency of use.

Methods

A population-based case-control study design with 1090 cases and 1154 controls was used to investigate the relationship of cocaine use and young-onset IS. Stroke cases were between the ages of 15 and 49 years. Logistic regression analysis was used to evaluate the association between cocaine use and IS with and without adjustment for potential confounders.

Results

Ever use of cocaine was not associated with stroke with 28% of cases and 26% of controls reporting ever use. In contrast, acute coc

SUBMITTER: Cheng YC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6128285 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature