Neurovascular disease in Switzerland: 10-year trends show non-traditional risk factors on the rise and higher exposure in women.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

Effective risk factor modification is the prerequisite to prevent neurovascular disease such as stroke or vascular dementia. Non-traditional vascular risk factors (nt-vrfs) including stress significantly add to the risk of neurovascular disease arising from traditional vascular risk factors (t-vrfs). In order to discover sex-specific changes that may underlie previously reported inclines in the prevalence of neurovascular and cardiovascular disease in women, 10-year trends in the prevalence of vrfs in Switzerland were assessed.

Methods

Anonymized data from 22,134 participants (51% women) of the governmental Swiss Health Survey, performed every 5 years (2007, 2012 and 2017), were obtained. Epidemiological parameters, t-vrfs and nt-vrfs were analyzed in

SUBMITTER: Hansel M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9541902 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature