Abstract Details

Title Risk of Stroke Among Mexican Population: A Cross-Sectional Study Applying a Useful Tool from the WSO

Topic Cerebrovascular Disease and Interventional Neurology

Presentation(s) P10 - Poster Session 10 (5:00 PM-6:00 PM)

Poster/Presentation
Number 13-018

Objective To estimate the risk of stroke among adult population in Mexico City using a validated self-aplicable questionnaire and describe the findings obtained

Background Stroke represents a severe public health problem worldwide . Its presentation is associated with cardiovascular risk factors such as hypertension, diabetes and cardiac disease which are highly prevalent in latin-american countries. In 2014 the Stroke Risk-o-meter tool was published by WSO and validated in a cohort of 9501 subjects demonstrating its utility (Parmar et. al.

Design/Methods A group of 513 individuals were randomly evaluated using the Spanish version of the WSO Risk-o-Meter app. Informed consent was obtained. To eliminate interobserver variability 3 interviewers were properly trained to apply the questionnaire and data was gathered in an electronic form. Descriptive statistics were made and univariate analysis was made using Pearson correlation for the strongest risk factors identified.

Results Among our cohort 67.3% were female and 32.7% were male, the mean age was 36.7 with a standard deviation of 14.8, 40% had history of tobacco exposure, 63% had a sedentary lifestyle, and 40% had history of alcoholism. General risk of stroke was estimated to be 2.8% and 4.8% to 5 and 10 years respectively. A statistical significant value was obtained (=0,002) for tobacco exposure and female sex.

Conclusions

Nowadays technological innovations such as the WSO Risk-o-Meter app represent an easy, feasible, highly accurate manner to evaluate the individual stroke risk. In a sample composed mainly of young subjects we identified female sex, tobacco exposure and sedentary lifestile as the strongest predictors for stroke. The fact that these risk factors are modifiable elucidates the importance of identifying them early in life in order to diminish the burden of stroke in latin-american countries. We make a call for action to governments in order to implement innovative strategies like this as public policies for prevention.

Authors/Disclosures
Jorge Alejandro Arias Vega PRESENTER	Mr. Arias Vega has nothing to disclose.
Aurelio Mendez-Dominguez, MD (Instituto Nacional De Cardiologia Ignacio Chavez)	Dr. Mendez-Dominguez has nothing to disclose.
Pedro Gil Landeros	Pedro Gil Landeros has nothing to disclose.
María F. Ortega Ibarra	Miss Ortega Ibarra has nothing to disclose.
Diego Muñoz, Jr.	Mr. Muñoz has nothing to disclose.
Frida Q. Montoya Delgado	Mrs. Montoya Delgado has nothing to disclose.
Oziel Leyva Dolores	Ms. Leyva Dolores has nothing to disclose.
Paulina Jaime Flores, Jr.	Miss Jaime Flores has nothing to disclose.

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