Determinants and Time Trends for Ischaemic and Haemorrhagic Stroke in a Large Chinese Population.
BACKGROUND
The clinical epidemiology of stroke has been widely investigated in Caucasian populations, but the changes over time in the proportion of ischaemic to haemorrhagic strokes is less clear, especially in the Chinese population.


OBJECTIVE
Our objective was to study the determinants and time trends for ischaemic and haemorrhagic stroke, in relation to age, in a large Chinese population cohort.


METHODS
Using a medical insurance database in the southwest of China from 2001 to 2012, time trends in age-adjusted ischaemic and haemorrhagic stroke incidence and the contributing risk factors associated with age were investigated.


RESULTS
Among 425,901 individuals without prior stroke (52.4% male, median age 54), the rate of ischaemic stroke (per 1000 patient-years) decreased between 2002-2007, then remained broadly similar between 2008-2012. The rate of haemorrhagic stroke showed a similar trend, being approximately 1.3-1.9 from 2008-2012. Compared to patients age<65, ischaemic and haemorrhagic stroke incidences (rate, 95% confidential interval, CI) were higher in the elderly population (age <65 versus age ≥65: ischaemic: 3.64, 3.33-4.00, vs 14.33, 14.01-14.60; haemorrhagic: 1.09, 1.00-1.10 vs 2.52,2.40-2.70, respectively, both p<0.001). There were no significant differences in haemorrhagic stroke rates between the elderly and the very elderly population. Ischaemic and haemorrhagic stroke shared similar risk factors (age, hypertension, coronary artery disease (CAD), vascular disease, and diabetes mellitus) (all p<0.05). In subjects age<75 years, CAD (7.17, 4.14-12.37) and diabetes mellitus (3.27, 2.42-4.42) contributed most to the developing of haemorrhagic stroke (all p<0.001). Amongst the very elderly, vascular disease (2.24, 1.49-3.37) was an additional major risk factor for haemorrhagic stroke, together with CAD and diabetes mellitus (all p<0.001).


CONCLUSIONS
In this large Chinese cohort, there was an increased risk of ischaemic stroke compared to haemorrhagic stroke with ageing. CAD, vascular disease, diabetes mellitus, and hypertension were major contributors to the development of hemorrhagic stroke in the very elderly Chinese population.
Department of Cardiology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Yutao
Y
Guo
Department of Cardiology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Hao
H
Wang
Department of Cardiology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Tao
T
Tao
Department of Gerontology, Second People's Hospital, Kunming, Yunnan Province, China.
Yingchun
Y
Tian
Department of Cardiology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Yutang
Y
Wang
Department of Cardiology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Yundai
Y
Chen
University of Birmingham Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences, City Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Gregory Y H
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