TY - JOUR
T1 - Incidence, risk factors and short-term mortality of stroke in Vittoria, southern Italy
AU - Iemolo, F.
AU - Beghi, E.
AU - Cavestro, C.
AU - Micheli, A.
AU - Giordano, A.
AU - Caggia, E.
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - We determined the incidence, risk factors, and short-term mortality of stroke in a well-defined area of southern Italy, i.e. the city of Vittoria, Sicily (58 833 inhabitants). The medical records of the local hospitals and the outpatient files of the local neurologist referring to the calendar year 1991 were retrospectively investigated. Stroke was defined according to standard criteria and classified as first-ever (FE) and recurrent (R). Risk factors for stroke were diagnosed from medical history, laboratory and instrumental findings, and in the presence of specific treatments. Short-term mortality was assessed as 30-day case-fatality rate. The sample included 120 cases (61 men) aged 34-94 years, 89 of whom (48 men) had a FE stroke. The overall annual crude incidence rate of FE stroke was 165.3 per 100 000 (men, 178.4; women 152.2); for FE and R stroke together it was 222.9 (men, 226.8; women 219.1). The standardized rates were 245.3 (FE stroke) and 321.9 (FE and R stroke). The age-specific rates for FE stroke were 9.4 (
AB - We determined the incidence, risk factors, and short-term mortality of stroke in a well-defined area of southern Italy, i.e. the city of Vittoria, Sicily (58 833 inhabitants). The medical records of the local hospitals and the outpatient files of the local neurologist referring to the calendar year 1991 were retrospectively investigated. Stroke was defined according to standard criteria and classified as first-ever (FE) and recurrent (R). Risk factors for stroke were diagnosed from medical history, laboratory and instrumental findings, and in the presence of specific treatments. Short-term mortality was assessed as 30-day case-fatality rate. The sample included 120 cases (61 men) aged 34-94 years, 89 of whom (48 men) had a FE stroke. The overall annual crude incidence rate of FE stroke was 165.3 per 100 000 (men, 178.4; women 152.2); for FE and R stroke together it was 222.9 (men, 226.8; women 219.1). The standardized rates were 245.3 (FE stroke) and 321.9 (FE and R stroke). The age-specific rates for FE stroke were 9.4 (
KW - Mortality
KW - Occurrence
KW - Risk factors
KW - Stroke
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U2 - 10.1007/s100720200018
DO - 10.1007/s100720200018
M3 - Article
C2 - 12111616
AN - SCOPUS:0036271275
SN - 1590-1874
VL - 23
SP - 15
EP - 21
JO - Neurological Sciences
JF - Neurological Sciences
IS - 1
ER -