Prevalence and Risk Factors of High-Risk Population for Stroke: A Population-Based Cross-Sectional Survey in Southwestern China.
Front Neurol
; 13: 693894, 2022.
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| ID: mdl-35309575
ABSTRACT
With the aging of the population and the change of lifestyle in China, the prevalence and risk factors of the high-risk population for stroke may change. However, few studies performed community-based high-risk stroke population surveys in China. Hence, we performed this multicenter, cross-sectional, and community-based survey in Sichuan of southwestern China, according to the China National Stroke Screening Survey (CNSSS) program in 2015. The residents aged ≥ 40 years volunteered to participate in the face-to-face survey in 8 communities in Sichuan. The 8 communities were selected using the cluster randomization method. Subjects with at least three of the eight stroke-related risk factors were classified as a high-risk population for stroke. Otherwise were classified as a low-risk population for stroke. Furthermore, 1,011 individuals were randomly selected among the low-risk population for stroke as controls. Among 16,892 participants, 2,369 (14.0%) were high-risk population for stroke. After full adjustments, all eight risk factors for stroke were significantly associated with the high-risk population for stroke (P < 0.001). The largest contributor was hypertension [population-attributable risk (PAR) 28.4%], followed by physical inactivity (PAR 14.2%), dyslipidemia (PAR 11.2%), overweight/obesity (PAR 9.4%), diabetes (PAR 7.2%), family history (PAR 6.8%), smoking (PAR 5.9%), and atrial fibrillation (PAR 3.5%). Carotid atherosclerosis was more serious in the high-risk population for stroke than in controls (P < 0.05). The prevalence of the high-risk population for stroke was high in southwestern China. Hypertension, physical inactivity, and dyslipidemia were stronger contributors for the high-risk population for stroke. Individual-level and population-level interventions for these leading risk factors are very important for the primary prevention of stroke.
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MEDLINE
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Clinical_trials
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Etiology_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Qualitative_research
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Risk_factors_studies
Language:
En
Journal:
Front Neurol
Year:
2022
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
China
Publication country:
CH
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SUIZA
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SUÍÇA
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SWITZERLAND