Factores asociados a enfermedad cerebrovascular. Hospital Vicente Corral Moscoso, Cuenca, 2013

Abstract

Objective: To determine the factors associated with cerebrovascular disease in patients over 40 years, admitted to the Department of Internal Medicine Hospital Vicente Corral Moscoso in 2011.- Materials and Method: We studied 152 cases diagnosed by plain CT and / or skull contrasted ischemic stroke and / or bleeding and 304 controls, matched for sex and age. The sample size was calculated based on 95% confidence, 80% power OR 3 and 5% of type 2 diabetes mellitus (less exposure factor in controls). Data were obtained from medical records and by telephone interview, and analyzed in SPSS software.- Results: 62.5% were female. The age ranged between 40 and 101 years with an average of 72.6 ± 13.3 DS. The 74.6% lived in urban areas. Were similar in sex and age (p = 1.000 and 0.072). The frequency of hypertension and sedentary cases was significantly higher (p = 0.000). The, of type 2 diabetes mellitus, cerebrovascular disease in first-degree relatives and dyslipidemia were similar (p> 0.05). A history of smoking was significantly lower in patients (p = 0.000) and overweight and obesity was significantly higher in controls (p = 0.000).- Conclusion: High blood pressure and physical inactivity are risk factors for cerebrovascular disease and low consumption of alcohol is a protective factor.AU