title: [Vascular risk factors in patients with ischaemic stroke. Distribution according to age, sex and stroke subtype].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Cardiovascular diseases are one of the leading health problems in developed countries. This term covers conditions such as coronary vascular disease, cerebrovascular diseases and peripheral vascular disease. Ischaemic cerebrovascular disease accounts for 80% of all cerebrovascular diseases. From a clinical point of view it is interesting to distinguish between modifiable and non-modifiable vascular risk factors.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To analyse the prevalence of modifiable vascular risk factors and their different combinations in a case-control study on ischaemic cerebrovascular disease in the Spanish population, and also the differences in the distribution of the risk factors according to the type of stroke (TOAST classification), age and sex.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study was conducted on 308 patients with ischaemic stroke who were paired by age (+/- 5 years) and sex, with 307 controls with no prior history of thrombosis. The statistical analysis was performed using the software application SAS v. 9.1.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results suggest that the risk factors are subject to an adding effect, as well as pointing to the presence of a specific profile of these factors depending on the subtype of stroke that is developed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The addition of cardiovascular risk factors is associated with an increased risk of vascular events. The distribution of the modifiable vascular risk factors differs according to the type of stroke and the patient's sex and age.
authors.affiliation: Fundacion Jimenez Diaz, 28040 Madrid, España.
authors.forename: V P
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Moreno
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: García-Raso
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: García-Bueno
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sánchez-Sánchez
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Meseguer
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mata
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Llamas
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000145:classification* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D020521:Stroke / Q000145:classification* / Q000453:epidemiology*