Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology (Jan 2013)

Prevalence and association of lifestyle factors with extracranial carotid atherosclerosis in non-cardioembolic anterior circulation strokes in adult males less than 50 years: One year cross-sectional study

  • Kaukab M Hassan,
  • Aditya Verma,
  • Sudeep Prakash,
  • Vijai Chandran,
  • Suman Kumar,
  • Anup Banerji

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4103/0972-2327.120448
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 16, no. 4
pp. 516 – 520

Abstract

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Background: Data is scarce on prevalence of extracranial carotid atherosclerosis (ECA) in strokes 70% stenosis. ′Smoking and smokeless tobacco use′ was found in 71.42% (10/14) symptomatic carotid lesions compared to 43.75% (14/32) strokes without carotid lesions. Prevalence odds ratio for tobacco use and ECA was 3.21 (95% CI: 0.83-12.44) while that of alcohol and ECA was 1.33 (95% CI: 0.38-4.72). Conclusion: Prevalence of ECA in strokes <50 years was high due to lifestyle factors which predispose to atherosclerosis at younger age.

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