Predictors of Recurrent Stroke in African Americans.
From: Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA. sruland@uic.edu
Neurology
- Publish Date: Aug 2006
- ISSN: 1526-632X
- Volume: 67
- Issue: 4
- Pages: 567-71
- Medium: Internet
- Language: English
- Citation (JAMA): Ruland S, Richardson D, Hung E, et al. Predictors of Recurrent Stroke in African Americans.. Neurology Aug 2006;67:567-71
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Stroke incidence and mortality are disproportionately higher among African Americans than among whites. OBJECTIVE: To describe the recurrent stroke characteristics and determine the predictability of known vascular risk factors for stroke recurrence in African Americans. METHODS: The authors followed 1,809 African Americans in the African-American Antiplatelet Stroke Prevention Study with recent noncardioembolic ischemic stroke for recurrent stroke, recurrent stroke subtype, and disability. RESULTS: Of the subjects, 10.6% experienced a recurrent stroke during follow-up. The mean interval between eligibility and recurrent stroke was 325 days (median 287 days, SD = 224 days). Stroke recurrence resulted in an average 1.5-point increase in the National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (p < 0.001) and a 3.5-point decrease in modified Barthel Index (p < 0.001). Of previously nondisabled subjects, 48% became disabled or died after stroke recurrence (p < 0.0001). Longitudinal analysis resulted in a hazard for recurrent stroke for each 10-mm Hg increase in systolic blood pressure of 1.103 (95% CI: 1.031 to 1.179, p = 0.004), pulse pressure 1.123 (95% CI: 1.041 to 1.213, p = 0.003), and mean arterial pressure 1.123 (95% CI: 1.001 to 1.260, p = 0.048). Multivariate analysis revealed increases in the recurrent stroke hazard for increases in baseline Glasgow Outcome Score (1.449, 95% CI: 1.071 to 1.961, p = 0.016) and increases in longitudinal pulse pressure (1.009, 95% CI: 1.001 to 1.017, p = 0.029). CONCLUSION: Recurrent stroke leads to disability and disability predicts recurrent stroke. Hypertension is the most predictive modifiable stroke risk factor.
Mesh Headings (Keywords): Activities of Daily Living, African Americans, Disability Evaluation, Female, Humans, Incidence, Male, Outcome Assessment (Health Care), Prognosis, Recurrence, Risk Assessment, Risk Factors, Stroke, Survival Analysis, Survival Rate, United States
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