title: Unexpected trends in the analysis of a questionnaire and interview procedure to detect transient cerebral ischemic attack in a female population.
abstract: By means of a case-control study, social and biomedical factors were considered in relation to transient cerebral ischemic attack occurrence as determined by questionnaire and interview among a population of females ( greater than 50 years of age) residing in the city of utrecht and surroundings. Contrary to earlier expectations, a greater TIA risk was found associated with: lower systolic and diastolic blood pressure, a low-salt diet for high blood pressure, lower body weight, smaller body surface, and use of medicines for cardiac insufficiency/arrhythmias and chronic anxiety. The importance of hemodynamic processes (i.e. hypotensive episodes of cerebral circulation) for TIA within the general population is emphasized.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000886:Anthropometry; D001794:Blood Pressure; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy; D006728:Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009426:Netherlands; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000639:trends; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000150:complications
chemical_list: D006728:Hormones