title: [Non-specific neurological complaints and silent cerebral infarction].
abstract: To clarify the relationship between non-specific neurological complaints and silent cerebral infarction (SCI), we studied 82 patients (56 +/- 8 years old; mean +/- SD) who presented with at least one complaint (headache, dizziness, forgetfulness) and 76 normal volunteers with no complaints (55 +/- 7 years old). All subjects were evaluated with a questionnaire for complaints and with 0.5 T magnetic resonance imaging of the brain for the presence of SCI. Several risk factors for stroke were also studied. SCI was significantly more common in the patients (18%) than in the normal subjects (7%, p < 0.05). SCI was more common in subjects with dizziness (40%) and in those with headache (18%) than in those with no complaints (p < 0.01, p < 0.05, respectively). Dizziness and forgetfulness were closely associated with SCI (p < 0.05). Two risk factors for stroke, age and hypertension, correlated with SCI. These results clearly show that non-specific neurological complaints are closely related to SCI.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Medicine, Osaka University Medical School.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hougaku
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matumoto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Irino
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Handa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kamada
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004244:Dizziness / Q000150:complications; D006261:Headache / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires