Comparison of Long-Term Outcomes and Associated Factors between Younger and Older Rural Ischemic Stroke Patients.

ABSTRACT: The rise of ischemic stroke among young adults has stressed the need to understand their risk profiles and outcomes better. This study aimed to examine the five-year ischemic stroke recurrence and survival probability among young patients in rural Pennsylvania. This retrospective cohort study included first-time ischemic stroke patients from the Geisinger Health System between September 2003 and May 2014. The outcomes included all-cause mortality and ischemic stroke recurrence at five years. Kaplan-Meier estimator, cumulative incidence function, Cox proportional hazards model, and Cause-specific hazard model were used to examine the association of independent variables with the outcomes. A total of 4459 first-time ischemic stroke patients were included in the study, with 664 (14.9%) patien

SUBMITTER: Chaudhary D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8911514 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature