Lifestyle Risk Factors for Ischemic Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack in Young Adults in the Stroke in Young Fabry Patients Study
Stroke Reports Saturday, November 17th, 2012American Heart Association: November 13, 2012
Background and Purpose—Although many stroke patients are young or middle-aged, risk factor profiles in these age groups are poorly understood.
Methods—The Stroke in Young Fabry Patients (sifap1) study prospectively recruited a large multinational European cohort of patients with cerebrovascular events aged 18 to 55 years to establish their prevalence of Fabry disease. In a secondary analysis of patients with ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack, we studied age- and sex-specific prevalences of various risk factors. Read more