title: Association between stroke and acute myocardial infarction and its related risk factors: hypertension and diabetes.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to find the association between stroke, acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and assess related risk factors such as diabetes, hypertension and atrial fibrillation.
  
  
  METHODS
  This is a cohort study with prospective and retrospective outcomes. All patients who were hospitalised in Hamad General Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation with stroke from January 1999 to December 2003 were included. The diagnostic classification of stroke and associated risk factors were made in accordance with the International Classification of Disease 9th revision.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Total 377 stroke patients were treated during the five years period. The average annual incidence of stroke for 5 years was 11.7 per 100,000 population. The incidence of AMI was higher in males than in females (73.5% vs 26.5%). There was a significant difference in stroke patients with AMI in respect of their gender (p<0.001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The present study supports the hypothesis that there is a strong association between stroke, AMI and related risk factors such as diabetes, hypertension and other cardiovascular disease risk factors. Furthermore, present study showed that 60% of stroke patients had AMI and nearly 46.4% of stroke patients had diabetes mellitus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Statistics & Epidemiology, Hamad General Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, State of Qatar. abener@hmc.org.qa
authors.forename: Abdulbari
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bener
authors.forename: Saadat
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kamran
authors.forename: Elhadi B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Elouzi
authors.forename: Ayman
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hamad
authors.forename: Richard F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Heller
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D015331:Cohort Studies; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications*; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology