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Risk factors for intracerebral hemorrhage in a pooled prospective study.

TitleRisk factors for intracerebral hemorrhage in a pooled prospective study.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2007
AuthorsSturgeon, JD, Folsom, AR, Longstreth, WT, Shahar, E, Rosamond, WD, Cushman, M
JournalStroke
Volume38
Issue10
Pagination2718-25
Date Published2007 Oct
ISSN1524-4628
KeywordsAfrican Americans, Age Distribution, Cerebral Hemorrhage, Cholesterol, LDL, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Hypertension, Incidence, Male, Middle Aged, Multivariate Analysis, Predictive Value of Tests, Prevalence, Prospective Studies, Risk Factors, Stroke, Triglycerides
Abstract<p><b>BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: </b>Few prospective studies have reported risk factors for intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), and results are inconsistent. We studied risk factors for ICH in a pooled cohort of the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study (ARIC) and the Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS).</p><p><b>METHODS: </b>The ARIC cohort was recruited in 1987 to 1989 and involves 15 792 men and women, aged 45 to 64 years at baseline, sampled from 4 US communities. The CHS cohort was recruited in 1989 to 1993 and involves 5888 men and women, aged 65 or over at baseline, sampled from 4 US communities. Baseline measurements included many potential vascular risk factors. The cohorts were followed for incident stroke events.</p><p><b>RESULTS: </b>Over 263 489 person-years of follow-up, 135 incident ICH events occurred. In a multivariable model, age, African-American ethnicity (versus Whites), and hypertension were positively associated with incident ICH, whereas low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and triglycerides were inversely related to incident ICH. Participants with systolic blood pressure >or=160 mm Hg or diastolic blood pressure >/=110 mm Hg had 5.55 (95% CI 3.07 to 10.0) times the rate of ICH as nonhypertensives. Sex, smoking, alcohol intake, body mass index, waist-to-hip ratio, waist circumference, and diabetes were not related to ICH.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS: </b>In this pooled cohort the risk factors for ICH were older age, African-American ethnicity, hypertension, lower LDL-C, and lower triglycerides.</p>
DOI10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.487090
Alternate JournalStroke
PubMed ID17761915
Grant ListGM008244 / GM / NIGMS NIH HHS / United States
N01-HC-15103 / HC / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
N01-HC-35129 / HC / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
N01-HC-45133 / HC / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
N01-HC-55015 / HC / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
N01-HC-55016 / HC / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
N01-HC-55018 / HC / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
N01-HC-55019 / HC / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
N01-HC-55020 / HC / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
N01-HC-55021 / HC / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
N01-HC-55022 / HC / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
N01-HC-55222 / HC / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
N01-HC-75150 / HC / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
N01-HC-85079 / HC / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
N01-HC-85086 / HC / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
T32-HL07779 / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
U01 HL080295 / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States