Predictors of In-Hospital Mortality for Stroke in Douala, Cameroon

Table 1

Definition of vascular risk factors.

Vascular risk factor	Definition
Hypertension	Patient with medical history of hypertension, treated or not.
Diabetes mellitus	Patient with medical history of diabetes, treated or not.
Dyslipidemia	Patient with medical history of dyslipidemia, treated or not with one of these conditions
Sleep apnoea disease	Suspected in patient with 3 of these conditions: (i) Snoring when sleeping; (ii) Apnea during sleeping; (iii) Excessive diurnal sleeping; (iv) Can be associated with obesity
Alcohol consumption	Daily alcohol intake >60 g/L
Obesity	2 methods were used to determine overweight or obesity: (i) If the body mass index is >30: obesity, BMI between 25 and 30 is overweight; (ii) When it is impossible to have the BMI, we used the abdominal circumference >102 cm in male and >88 cm in female