... significantly. Although several risk factors for stroke have become more evident due to increasingly Westernized lifestyle, there have been no population-based registry data on recent time trends in stroke incidence in Japan. The purpose of this study is to determine these trends in stroke incidence using...

...) and 95% confidence interval (95% CI) of stroke incidence to SUA and relative changes in SUA. Sensitivity analysis was performed after controlling the effect of renal insufficiency. Results: Baseline SUA and relative changes in SUA were positively correlated with the incidence of stroke in both males...

...Takako Fujii; Hisatomi Arima; Naoyuki Takashima; Yoshikuni Kita; Naomi Miyamatsu; Sachiko Tanaka-Mizuno; Satoshi Shitara; Makoto Urushitani; Katsuyuki Miura; Kazuhiko Nozaki Introduction: The purpose of this study was to investigate seasonal variation in stroke incidence using data from a large...

...Petra Sedova; Robert D. Brown; Miroslav Zvolsky; Silvia Belaskova; Michaela Volna; Jana Baluchova; Josef Bednarik; Robert Mikulik Background: There are few contemporary epidemiological data on stroke for Central Europe. We performed a population-based study evaluating the incidence of stroke...

...Peter Appelros Background and Purpose: A stroke incidence study in -Örebro, situated in Southern Sweden, that was carried out in 1999 showed high incidence rates. Since then, in many Western countries, declining incidence rates have been observed. The main purpose of this study is to examine...

...Adnan I. Qureshi; Ahmed A. Malik; Omar Saeed; Malik M. Adil; Gustavo J. Rodriguez; M. Fareed K. Suri Background: Subclinical cancer can manifest as a thromboembolic event and may be detected at a later interval in ischemic stroke survivors. We determined the rate of incident cancer and effect...

... stroke Incidence Population-based NIHSS The overall goal of this study was to move beyond ethnic comparisons in the mean or median severity, and instead investigate ethnic differences in the entire distribution of initial stroke severity. Additionally, we investigated whether age modifies...

...: The purpose of this study was to elucidate the incidence and predictors of ischemic stroke or recurrent transient ischemic attack (TIA) during acute hospitalization in patients with TIA. Methods: We carried out a multicenter retrospective study to clarify the characteristics of in-patients with TIA...

... health concern, but large population-based studies are scarce and date from the 1990s. We estimated the incidence and in-hospital mortality of stroke through a multicentered population-based stroke register in 5 geographical areas of Spain, i.e. Lugo, Almería, Segovia, Talavera de la Reina and Mallorca...

... makers to develop interventions aimed at reducing diabetes rates, which may consequently lead to declines in stroke incidence and improvements in stroke outcomes. Methods: Using the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS), a nationally representative data set of US hospital admissions, we assessed trends...

... from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Unruptured aneurysms Incidental aneurysms Aneurysms Incidence Natural history Issues in Stroke Ccrebrovasc Dis 1993:3:60-64 Edited by J.D. Easton Department of Neurology, Rhode Island Hospital...

... inhabitants and a mean income lower than the rest of the country. Therefore a population-based stroke register was established to determine incidence and case fatality in the Province of Vibo Valentia, Calabria. Methods: The survey was conducted among the 179,186 residents. Standard definitions and multiple...

...Megan C. Leary; Jeffrey L. Saver Background: Recent estimates of stroke incidence in the US range from 760,000 to 780,000 annually, however these estimates do not reflect the incidence of silent infarcts and hemorrhages. Since population-based studies indicate the prevalence of silent stroke...

...Dirk Devroey; Viviane van Casteren; Frank Buntinx Introduction: Stroke is one of the leading causes of death. Belgian stroke mortality rates are only available from the death certificates notification. Objectives: To estimate stroke incidence, mortality and case fatality, to compare our figures...

...Antonio Di Carlo; Marzia Baldereschi; Carlo Gandolfo; Livia Candelise; Augusto Ghetti; Stefania Maggi; Emanuele Scafato; Pierugo Carbonin; Luigi Amaducci; Domenico Inzitari Background: Epidemiological data are essential to estimate the burden of stroke.We evaluated stroke incidence in older...

...Helen M. Dewey; Jonathan Sturm; Geoffrey A. Donnan; Richard A.L. Macdonell; John J. McNeil; Amanda G. Thrift Information about the incidence and outcome of stroke subtypes is necessary to understand the likely impact of stroke prevention and treatment strategies. The purpose of this study...

...Peter Appelros; Ingegerd Nydevik; Åke Seiger; Andreas Terént Background and Purpose: As a basis for comparison of differences in stroke incidence in Scandinavian countries, a community-based stroke register was established in Örebro in the centre of Sweden. Methods: All first-ever cases of stroke...

... North Eastern Melbourne Stroke Incidence Study. Using the NIHSS, thirty-one consecutively registered stroke patients were assessed by 2 neurologists and 1 of 2 trained research nurses. The interrater reliability of observations was compared using weighted and unweighted kappa statistics and intraclass...

... for all statistical tests was set to 0.05. All analyses were performed with the SPSS for Windows 6.0 statistical package [ 14 ]. The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Copenhagen, approval No. V.100.2263/91. Stroke Disorientation Incidence Course Prognosis...

...Janika Kôrv; Mai Roose; Ain-Elmar Kaasik To measure the incidence and outcome of stroke in Estonia a community-based study of first-ever stroke was carried out in Tartu from 1991 through 1993. A total of 829 first-ever stroke cases were registered during the 3-year period. Most stroke patients were...