title: Characteristics of stroke in tibet autonomous region in china: a hospital-based study of acute stroke.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We know little of the current status of stroke in Tibet Autonomous Region in China. This study was designed to investigate the characteristics of acute stroke in Tibet.
  
  
  METHODS
  We conducted a hospital-based study on acute first-ever stroke in the People's Hospital of Tibet Autonomous Region (PHOTAR), and then compared the data collected to that from West China Hospital (WCH).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The study included 301 inpatients from PHOTAR and 3,334 from WCH. The peak age group in PHOTAR was one decade younger than in WCH. Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) was the main stroke subtype in PHOTAR (74.1%). The prevalence of hypertension and heavy alcohol consumption prior to stroke were the most important vascular risk factors. Treatments for stroke in PHOTAR lacked standardization and in-hospital mortality was higher for each subtype.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  ICH is the dominant stroke subtype in Tibet Autonomous Region, and can be attributed to high rates of hypertension and heavy alcohol consumption. Greater public awareness of stroke and effective management of risk factors should be implemented immediately in Tibet.
authors: Department of Neurology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
authors: Jiajia
authors: J
authors: Fang
authors: Cidan
authors: C
authors: Zhuo-Ga
authors: Yuhua
authors: Y
authors: Zhao
authors: Fanyi
authors: F
authors: Kong
authors: Yang
authors: Y
authors: Si
authors: Ming
authors: M
authors: Liu
authors: Dong
authors: D
authors: Zhou
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012016:Reference Values; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D020521:Stroke / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D018609:Tibet / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology; D055815:Young Adult