title: Occurrence of diabetes mellitus in spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage.
abstract: The role of diabetes mellitus (DM) in the etiopathogenesis of spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (SICH) is controversial. The aim was to assess the role of DM in our SICH patients. In a hospital-based cross-section study, the occurrence of DM prior to a hemorrhagic stroke was observed in 80 SICH patients (44 males, aged 36-87 years, mean 67.1 +/- 11.9 years; 36 females, aged 56-86 years, mean 71.1 +/- 8.3 years), and in a control group (CG) of 80 age- and sex-matched patients with low back pain. All patients were treated at the Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, University Hospital, Olomouc, Czech Republic. Two-sample t test and Pearson's homogeneity chi(2) test were applied when assessing statistical significance. DM was found in 37.5% of SICH patients versus 22.5% of CG subjects (P < 0.05). DM occurs significantly more frequently in SICH patients in the Olomouc region of the Czech Republic when compared to the general population.
authors.affiliation: Stroke Center, Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacký University and University Hospital, I. P. Pavlova 6, 775 20 Olomouc, Czech Republic. herzig.roman@seznam.cz
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Herzig
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Vlachová
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mares
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gabrys
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sanák
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Skoloudík
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bártková
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Burval
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Schneiderka
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hlustík
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Král
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zapletalová
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kanovský
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000145:classification / Q000627:therapeutic use; D048909:Diabetes Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D020521:Stroke / Q000145:classification / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology