title: Leukoaraiosis in stroke patients.
abstract: Pathogenesis of leukoaraiosis (LA) is not clearly understood and its significance in patients with stroke remains undetermined. In the Neurology Department of Ankara Hospital, computed tomography (CT) examination of brain was performed for various reasons in 288 patients. LA was detected in 178 patients by the use of brain CT. Patients with LA had a higher incidence of hypertension history (70.8%) when compared with the non-LA group (57.3%; p <.05). There was no statistically significant difference in terms of sex, mean age, smoking, diabetes mellitus, history of cerebrovascular disease, cardiac failure, ischemic cardiac disease between patients with and without LA. We showed that LA is related to hypertension but not related to age, diabetes mellitus, or cardiac disease in our patient population.
authors.affiliation: The Ministry of Health Ankara Hospital, Department of Neurology, Ankara, Turkey. oecoskun@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Ozlem
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Coşkun
authors.forename: Hülya
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yildiz
authors.forename: Ufuk
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Emre
authors.forename: Umit
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Akin
authors.forename: Serap
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Uçler
authors.forename: Ufuk
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Ergun
authors.forename: Tugba
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tunç
authors.forename: E Levent
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Inan
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015897:Comorbidity; D003711:Demyelinating Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D020521:Stroke / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed