원광 뇌졸중 등록 자료를 통한 허혈성 뇌졸중의 임상 양상과 위험인자 = Clinical Charaacteristics and Risk Factors of the Ischemic Stroke : Wonkwang Stroke Registry

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Background: To investigate clinical features and risk factors of stroke patients who lived in Korean rural area, we analysis Wonkwang Stroke Registry and compared with other studies.
Methods: We filled out Stroke Registry in the consecutive patients with acute ischemic stroke from march 1997 to February 1999. We analyzed demographic data, risk factors and subtypes of stroke. All patients were divied into 3 groups according to their age. Stroke subtype was classified into large artery atherosclerosis(LAA),small vessel occlusion(SVO), cardioembolism(CE), stroke of other determined etiology(SOE), and stroke of undetermined etiology(SUE) by TOAST(Trial of Org 10172 in Actue Stroke Treatment).
Results: Five hundred nine patients were included in Wonkwang Stroke Registry from march 1997 to February 1999. Mean age was 65.47±0.48 years old. The ratio of males to females was 1 : 0.78. SVO was the most frequent subtype(49%) of ischemic stroke, and then followed by LAA(27.5%), CE(7%), SOE(8.1%), and SUE(8.4%). The internal carotid artery(ICA) territory was involved in 59.3% patients. Vertebrobasilar artery territory involvement was noted in 37.5%, and 3.2% of patients showed multiple artery territory involvement. All patients had risk factor of ischemic stroke except for 14 patients. Mean number of risk factors was 1.7/patient. Hypertension(62.1%) was the most frequent risk factor, and follwed by smoking(26.3%), diabetes mellitus(25.9%), and hyperlipidemia(25.55%).
Conclusions: These results showed that the proportion of ischemic stroke subtype was not concordant with other studies. It may be caused by different mode of living and ethnic difference. This study may afford further information on the characteristics of Korean rural area stroke.