[Study on the epidemiology and risk factors on dysphagia after ischemic stroke in Chengdu City, China].
OBJECTIVE
To study the incidence and the risk factors of dysphagia after ischemic stroke in Chengdu City, China.


METHODS
Review was made with unified questionnaire on dysphagia after ischemic stroke in 563 patients from four hospitals, from January to December 2005. Over 20 risk factors related to dysphagia after ischemic stroke were analyzed by logistic regression.


RESULTS
The total incidence of dysphagia after ischemic stroke was 13.3% in Chengdu. Data from logistic regression analysis indicated that gender, morbidity frequency, basal nuclei, periventricular lesion, hypertension, pneumonia, hyperlipemia, cervical spondylosisi, internal carotid artherosclerosis were closely related to dysphagia after ischemic stroke,with OR values as 0.416, 0.489, 0.327, 0.454, 2.187, 2.146, 0.352, 0.242 and 0.273 respectively.


CONCLUSIONS
The total incidence was lower than literature published from home and abroad. Gender, morbidity frequency, basal nuclei, periventricular lesion, hypertension, pneumonia, hyperlipemia, cervical spondylosisi and internal carotid artherosclerosis seemed to be risk factors to dysphagia after ischemic stroke.
Huang
Yin-lan
YL
Chengdu University of TCM Sichuan, Chengdu 610075, China.
Liang
Fan-rong
FR
Liao
Hua-qiang
HQ
Zhang
Wen-hua
WH
Li
Yi
Y
Qiu
Ling
L
Li
Chang-du
CD
Jiang
Xue-qin
XQ
Zhang
Min
M
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000150:complications*; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000150:complications; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006949:Hyperlipidemias / Q000150:complications; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000150:complications; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D055009:Spondylosis / Q000150:complications