Risk Factor Characterization of Ischemic Stroke Subtypes Among West Africans.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

To identify the qualitative and quantitative contributions of conventional risk factors for occurrence of ischemic stroke and its key pathophysiologic subtypes among West Africans.

Methods

The SIREN (Stroke Investigative Research and Educational Network) is a multicenter, case-control study involving 15 sites in Ghana and Nigeria. Cases include adults aged ≥18 years with ischemic stroke who were etiologically subtyped using the A-S-C-O-D classification into atherosclerosis, small-vessel occlusion, cardiac pathology, other causes, and dissection. Controls were age- and gender-matched stroke-free adults. Detailed evaluations for vascular, lifestyle, and psychosocial factors were performed. We used conditional logistic regression to estimate adjusted odds

SUBMITTER: Sarfo FS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8712357 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature