Ischemic Strokes: Observations from a Hospital Based Stroke Registry in Bangladesh

Table 1

Known risk factors ().

Risk factors	(%)
Diabetes	506 (74.5)
Hypertension	504 (74.2)
Dyslipidemia	48 (7.1)
IHD	81 (11.9)
Current smoker	110 (17.5)
Past smoker	82 (13.0)
Chewing tobacco	191 (28.1)
Family history of stroke	193 (30.0)
Family history of IHD	134 (20.8)
Atrial fibrillation	8 (1.2)
HDL ≤ 40 (614)	433 (70.5)
LDL > 100 (608)	420 (69.1)
Total cholesterol > 200 (615)	264 (42.9)
Dyslipidemia (chol > 200 or LDL > 100 or HDL < 40) (614)	571 (93)
In-hospital complications
DVT	2 (0.3)
Pneumonia	60 (8.8)
UTI	54 (8.0)
Pulmonary edema	1 (0.1)
Phlebitis/cellulitis	6 (0.9)
Sepsis	6 (0.9)
Hematuria	2 (0.3)
Seizers	26 (3.8)

Deep venous thrombosis: DVT, ischemic heart disease: IHD, high density lipoprotein: HDL, low density lipoprotein: LDL, and urinary tract infection: UTI.