An Analysis of Risk Factors for Asymptomatic Cerebral Infarction

Autor: Tomoko Shiga, Tatsuo Hoshino, Keiko Shiratori, Hikaru Nagahara, Kiyoshi Owada
Rok vydání: 2008
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Zdroj: Internal Medicine. 47:1-6
ISSN: 1349-7235
0918-2918
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.47.0341
Popis: Objective The aim of this study is to identify risk factors for asymptomatic cerebral infarction (ACI) in the general Japanese population. Materials and Methods A total of 634 subjects (272 men aged 55.4±8.8 years and 362 women aged 55.2±8.5 years) who visited the Health Management Center at Aoyama Hospital (Tokyo, Japan) from January 2004 through January 2005 for an annual brain dry dock examination were analyzed. We evaluated 21 risk factors for ACI by multivariate logistic regression analysis. Results Abnormal or potentially abnormal conditions were detected in 258 subjects (40.7% of all subjects who had an annual check-up program for brain disease). The most frequent abnormal finding was ACI, which was observed in 208 subjects. The significant risk factors for ACI, as determined by multivariate logistic analysis, were age (P
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