JAHA: Analysis of risk factors for stroke and its subtypes in China

Managing risk factors is critical to preventing stroke.
, however, there are few queue studies to assess the socio-economic factors appropriate to the traditional risk factors of stroke and its subtypes in China.
, a forward-looking study of 437,318 adults aged ≥40 who were included in China's National Stroke Screening and Intervention Program between 2014 and 2016 did not have stroke, according to a recent study published in JAHA, an authoritative journal for cardiovascular disease.
2,429 first-time stroke cases, including 2,206 ischemic strokes and 237 hemorrhagic strokes, during the 2.1-year medium follow-up period.
multivariable Cox regression analysis shows that between the ages of 50 and 59 (compared to 40-49 years old), primary school or no formal education (as opposed to junior high school), more than 1 child (compared to 1 child), living in the Northeast, Central, East or North China (vs. Southwest Regions), lack of exercise, high blood pressure, diabetes and obesity were positively associated with the overall risk of stroke and ischemic stroke, while living with a spouse or child between the ages of 60 and 69 (as opposed to living alone) was negatively associated with the overall risk of stroke and ischemic stroke.
Men, vegetable-based diet, underweight, lack of exercise, hypertension, living in high-income areas, basic medical insurance for urban residents and a new rural cooperative medical system were positively associated with the risk of hemorrhagic stroke, while the risk of haemorrhagic stroke was negatively associated between the ages of 60 and 69.
, the study identifies socio-economic factors that complement traditional stroke and its subtype risk factors, thus reducing the stroke burden in a targeted way.