Lacunar Infarcts and Intracerebral Hemorrhage Differences [Brief Report]

Background and Purpose—Lacunar stroke (LS) and intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) are 2 diverse manifestations of small vessel disease. What predisposes some patients to ischemic stroke and others to hemorrhage is not well understood.Methods—We performed a nested case–control study within the FHS (Framingham Heart Study) comparing people with incident ICH and lacunar ischemic stroke, to age- and sex-matched controls for baseline prevalence and levels of cardiovascular risk factors.Results—We identified 118 LS (mean age 74 years, 51% male) and 108 ICH (75 years, 46% male) events. Hypertension, diabetes mellitus, smoking, and obesity were strongly associated with LS. Hypertension, but not diabetes mellitus, smoking, or cholesterol levels increased the odds of ICH. Contrary to LS, ICH cases had lower body mass index (BMI) than their controls (26 versus 27); BMI

Source: Stroke - January 22, 2017 Category: Neurology Authors: Vasileios-Arsenios Lioutas, Alexa Beiser, Jayandra Himali, Hugo Aparicio, Jose Rafael Romero, Charles DeCarli, Sudha Seshadri Tags: Obesity, Risk Factors, Cerebrovascular Disease/Stroke, Intracranial Hemorrhage, Ischemic Stroke Brief Reports Source Type: research