... by combining medical subject headings and free term, and the medical subject headings were as follows: ischemic stroke, stroke, risk factor, and observational study. The specific retrieval strategy is shown in online supplementary material (for all online suppl. material, see https://doi.org/10.1159/000542765...

... Environmental factors Risk factors Case-control studies Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a demyelinating disease of the central nervous system. Differences based on the disease course divide MS into classifications of either relapse-onset MS (ROMS), which includes relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS) and secondary...

... of 3.0 (1.5–5.1) in hospital-based studies. Vascular diseases, complications of diabetes, and accidental injuries were the leading causes of death. Risk factors for mortality were reported as older age, male, longer duration, and higher frequency of seizures. Case fatality ratios of status epilepticus...

... or of their effectiveness, quality or safety. The publisher and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. 2024 Parkinson’s disease Autoimmune disease Risk factors PD...

... approach, to uncover potential risk factors of lower hippocampal volume using information from the world’s largest brain imaging study. Methods: A combination of machine learning and conventional statistical methods were used to identify predictors of low hippocampal volume. We run gradient boosting...

...Ismael Luis Calandri; Gill Livingston; Regina Paradela; Rik Ossenkoppele; Lucia Crivelli; Ricardo F. Allegri; Claudia K. Suemoto Introduction: Twelve modifiable risk factors (RFs) account for 40% of dementia cases worldwide. However, limited data exist on such factors in middle- and low-income...

... for endorsement as a gold standard. In a previous systematic review of stroke knowledge tools used from 2000–2014, Hou et al. [ 10 ] reported a lack of quality or gold standard tools for assessing knowledge of stroke and its risk factors. Recent advances in systematic review methodology for patient-reported...

... conventional vascular risk factors are responsible for most strokes in patients younger than 45 years of age. Our objective was to evaluate the association of common risk factors with stroke in individuals under 45 years. Methods: INTERSTROKE was a case-control study carried out in 32 countries between 2007...

...-controlled studies Epidemiology Non-arteritic anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy Risk factors Taiwan Longitudinal Health Insurance Database Regarding the city of residence, we found that patients living in metropolitan areas had a statistically significant association with NAION development...

... in the development of MS. Especially early-life risk factors such as having been breastfed may also be of relevance. Breast milk provides the newborn not only with essential nutrients and vitamins but also with numerous immune-active molecules, metabolites, oligosaccharides, and microbial components...

... of Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden. Patients were assessed with National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) at stroke onset. Presence of aphasia was evaluated with NIHSS item 9 (language). We registered IS subtypes and risk factors. To investigate possible temporal changes in aphasia...

...Nuha M. Alkhawajah; Salman Aljarallah; Laith Hussain-Alkhateeb; Mohammad Osama Almohaini; Taim A. Muayqil Introduction: There are a number of well-established risk factors for multiple sclerosis (MS). Other factors, however, showed conflicting or inconsistent results. Here, we examine some factors...

...; on behalf of AS_MS_Risk Group Introduction: Known risk factors for multiple sclerosis (MS) include smoking, a low vitamin D status, obesity, and EBV, while the inflammatory feature of the disease strongly suggests the presence of additional infectious agents. The association between use of antibiotics...

...Francesca Galluzzi; Veronica Rossi; Cristina Bosetti; Werner Garavello Introduction: Smell and taste loss are characteristic symptoms of SARS-CoV-2 infection. The aim of this study is to investigate the prevalence and risk factors associated with olfactory and gustatory dysfunctions in coronavirus...

...Lazaros Belbasis; Vanesa Bellou; Ioanna Tzoulaki; Evangelos Evangelou Background: Although several risk factors are associated with multiple sclerosis (MS) in adulthood, evidence for risk factors acting from birth to adolescence is scarce. Methods: We conceived a 2-step study design, where signals...

... to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Transient ischemic attack Stroke Readmission Risk factors Stroke-related consequences Transient ischemic attacks (TIAs) precede approximately 15% of all strokes...

... and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Neuroepidemiology Population-based studies Prevalence Risk factors Traumatic brain injury Traumatic brain...

... Statins Risk factors Neuroinflammation Neuroinflammation is found in parallel with hallmark neuropathological changes in neurodegenerative disorders. Hence, use of anti-inflammatory drugs can be hypothesized to be able to alter disease risk. Multiple system atrophy (MSA) is rapidly progressive...

...Angela Zumel-Marne; Gemma Castano-Vinyals; Michael Kundi; Juan Alguacil; Elisabeth Cardis Background: Brain tumours (BT) are one of the most frequent tumour types in young people, although little is known about their risk factors. Objective: The objective of the current work was to review...

..., traditional risk factors, and lifestyle characteristics were obtained and analyzed on the basis of sex. Results: There were 1,295 individuals with CIND (489 [37.8%] men and 806 [62.2%] women). The prevalence of CIND was 23.3% overall (19.8% for men, 26.1% for women; p < 0.001). Age, education level...