Frequency and Clinical Patterns of Stroke in Iran- Systematic and Critical Review
Cerebrovascular disease is the second commonest cause of death, and over a third of stroke deaths occur in developing countries. To fulfil the current gap on data, this systematic review is focused on the frequency of stroke, risk factors, stroke types and mortality in Iran.
Methods: Thirteen relevant articles were identified by keyword searching of PubMed, Iranmedex, Iranian University index Libraries and the official national data on burden of diseases.
Results: The publication dates ranged from 1990 to 2008.
The annual stroke incidence of various ages ranged from 23 to 103 per 100,000 population. This is comparable to the figures from Arab Countries, higher than sub-Saharan Africa, but lower than developed countries, India, the Caribbean, Latin America, and China.
Similarly to other countries, ischaemic stroke was the commonest subtype. Likewise, the most common related risk factor is hypertension in adults, but cardiac causes in young stroke.
The 28-day case fatality rate is reported at 19-31%.
Conclusions: Data on the epidemiology of stroke, its pattern and risk factors from Iran is scarce, but the available data highlights relatively low incidence of stroke. This may reflect a similarity towards the neighbouring nations, and a contrast with the West.
Author: Akram HosseiniDavood Sobhani-RadKavian GhandehariHani Benamer
Credits/Source: BMC Neurology 2010, 10:72
Published on: 2010-08-23
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