title: A door-to-door survey of intracranial atherosclerosis in Liangbei County, China.
abstract: We studied 590 asymptomatic villagers aged > or =40 years in Liangbei County in central rural China and found 41 subjects (prevalence 6.9%) with intracranial atherosclerosis. In a multivariate analysis, the significant risk factors for intracranial stenosis were hypertension (OR 2.53; 95% CI 1.12 to 5.72), glycosuria (OR 3; 1.19 to 7.97), heart disease (OR 4; 1.39 to 11.6), and family history of stroke (OR 5.2; 1.38 to 20). Intracranial atherosclerosis is not uncommon among asymptomatic Chinese subjects.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine & Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong. ks-wong@cuhk.edu.hk
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: Y N
authors.initials: YN
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: H B
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: J Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology; D044466:Asian People; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D015897:Comorbidity; D048909:Diabetes Complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002537:Intracranial Arteriosclerosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology; D020521:Stroke / Q000453:epidemiology*