Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome and the Risk of Stroke

Autor: Marcella A. Wozniak, Thomas R. Price, Barney J. Stern, David W. Buchholz, J. Richard Hebel, Michael A. Sloan, Richard F. Macko, Constance J. Johnson, Steven J. Kittner, Christopher J. Earley, Robert J. Wityk, Amélia Nogueira Pinto, John W. Cole
Rok vydání: 2004
Předmět:
Adult
Male
Risk
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
Population
Black People
Comorbidity
White People
Brain Ischemia
03 medical and health sciences
symbols.namesake
0302 clinical medicine
Risk Factors
Epidemiology
medicine
Humans
cardiovascular diseases
Poisson Distribution
030212 general & internal medicine
Poisson regression
Risk factor
education
Stroke
Cerebral Hemorrhage
Advanced and Specialized Nursing
Intracerebral hemorrhage
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
education.field_of_study
Maryland
business.industry
Incidence
Medical record
medicine.disease
3. Good health
Surgery
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
Causality
Risk factors
District of Columbia
Emergency medicine
symbols
Female
Neurology (clinical)
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Zdroj: Stroke. 35:51-56
ISSN: 1524-4628
0039-2499
DOI: 10.1161/01.str.0000105393.57853.11
Popis: Background and Purpose— Although acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is thought to increase the risk of stroke, few data exist to quantify this risk. This is the first population-based study to quantify the AIDS-associated risk of stroke. Methods— We identified all incident ischemic stroke (IS) and intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) cases among young adults 15 to 44 years of age in central Maryland and Washington, DC, who were discharged from any of the 46 hospitals in the study area in 1988 and 1991. Using data from the medical records, 2 neurologists reviewed each case to confirm the diagnosis. Cases of AIDS among these patients with stroke were defined using Centers for Disease Control and Prevention criteria (1987). The number of cases of AIDS in the central Maryland and Washington population during 1988 and 1991 was determined from regional health departments working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Poisson regression was used to estimate the age-, race-, and sex-adjusted relative risk of stroke associated with AIDS. Results— There were 385 IS cases (6 with AIDS) and 171 ICH cases (6 with AIDS). The incidences of IS and ICH among persons with AIDS were both 0.2% per year. AIDS conferred an adjusted relative risk of 13.7 (95% confidence interval [CI], 6.1 to 30.8) for IS and 25.5 (95% CI, 11.2 to 58.0) for ICH. After exclusion of 5 cases of stroke in AIDS patients in whom other potential causes were identified, AIDS patients continued to have an increased risk of stroke with an adjusted relative risk of 9.1 (95% CI, 3.4 to 24.6) for IS and 12.7 (95% CI, 4.0 to 40.0) for ICH. Conclusions— This population-based study found that AIDS is strongly associated with both IS and ICH.
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