Risk Factors for Ischemic Cerebral Stroke in German and Polish population

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  • Agnieszka Bejer Z Instytutu Fizjoterapii Wydziału Medycznego Uniwersytetu Rzeszowskiego; Z Oddziału Rehabilitacji Szpitala Powiatowego w Łańcucie https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5305-6548
  • Anna Maria Ax Z Kliniki Rehabilitacji MEDIAN w Bad Salzuflen
  • Urlich Dockweiler Z Kliniki Rehabilitacji MEDIAN w Bad Salzuflen
  • Joanna Grzegorczyk Z Instytutu Fizjoterapii Wydziału Medycznego Uniwersytetu Rzeszowskiego; Z Oddziału Rehabilitacji Wojewódzkiego Szpitala Specjalistycznego w Rzeszowie
  • Ewa Lenart-Domka Z Instytutu Fizjoterapii Wydziału Medycznego Uniwersytetu Rzeszowskiego; Z Oddziału Rehabilitacji Szpitala Powiatowego w Łańcucie
  • Andrzej Kwolek Z Instytutu Fizjoterapii Wydziału Medycznego Uniwersytetu Rzeszowskiego; Z Klinicznego Oddziału Rehabilitacji Szpitala Wojewódzkiego nr 2 w Rzeszowie
  • Grzegorz Magoń Z Instytutu Fizjoterapii Wydziału Medycznego Uniwersytetu Rzeszowskiego; Z Oddziału Rehabilitacji Szpitala Powiatowego w Łańcucie
  • Teresa Pop Z Instytutu Fizjoterapii Wydziału Medycznego Uniwersytetu Rzeszowskiego; Z Klinicznego Oddziału Rehabilitacji Szpitala Wojewódzkiego nr 2 w Rzeszowie
  • Grzegorz Przysada Z Instytutu Fizjoterapii Wydziału Medycznego Uniwersytetu Rzeszowskiego; Z Klinicznego Oddziału Rehabilitacji Szpitala Wojewódzkiego nr 2 w Rzeszowie https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2356-0997

Abstract

Introduction. As research shows, the prevalence of risk factors is high. Therefore, the main goals of the Helsingborg Declaration is to reduce, by 2015, the incidence of risk factors for stroke, particularly hypertension and smoking. Community-based actions aiming at reduction, detecting and management of risk factors for stroke should be available. Recommendations also include promotion of healthy lifestyles, and if there is a necessity - appropriate drug treatment should be applied. At the same time, all patients ‘who suffered stroke or a TIA should be examined for the causes of those disorders. Later, those individuals should be provided with secondary preventive measures.

This study aimed at making a comparison of the prevalence of risk factors for ischemic stroke in German and Polish populations.

Material and method. The study group consisted of 123 individuals, including 58 Polish and 65 German people. In the German population, the majority (708) of the participants were males, whereas the Polish population featured identical proportion of males and females (50% each).

Results. Risk factors occur with similar frequency in females and males in both populations. Only the Polish group showed two statistically significant differences - atrial fibrillation is more likely in females, and tobacco smoking in males. The level of education has barely any impact on the frequency of risk factors incidence. There is only one exception in the Polish group - hypothyroidism is more likely in less educated people.

Conclusions. Effort should be made to promote no smoking, and treatment of nicotine dependence, as this is one of the major risk factors for stroke in young males. Poles should be encouraged to take up physical activity, while Germans would benefit from a cholesterol lowering diet, due to the frequency of respective factors in both groups. Of notice is the coexistence of several (most often 3) risk factors in both German and Polish patients. The knowledge of all those factors can benefit the effectiveness of preventive measures.

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2009-09-30

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Bejer, A., Ax, A. M., Dockweiler, U., Grzegorczyk, J., Lenart-Domka, E., Kwolek, A., Magoń, G., Pop, T., & Przysada, G. (2009). Risk Factors for Ischemic Cerebral Stroke in German and Polish population. European Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, 7(3), 231–238. Retrieved from https://journals.ur.edu.pl/ejcem/article/view/13150

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Vol. 7 No. 3 (2009): Medical Journal of the Rzeszow University

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