Risk Factors for Hemorrhagic and Ischemic Stroke in Sub-Saharan Africa

Table 4

Pooled prevalences for hemorrhagic and ischemic stroke by selected risk factors for stroke.

Risk factor	References	Pooled prevalence -HS (% )	Pooled prevalence – IS (% )
Hypertension	7 [15–17, 24–27]	73.5	62.8	0.001
Diabetes	7 [15–17, 24–27]	10.6	15.9	0.009
Alcohol use	4 [15, 16, 26, 27]	29.3	24.2	0.182
Smoking	6 [15, 16, 24–27]	11.2	13.1	0.340
Atrial fibrillation	5 [15, 16, 24, 25, 27]	2.3	9.6	0.001
HIV infection	2 [15, 16]	11.8	20.0	0.123
Hypercholesterolemia	4 [15, 16, 25, 27]	18.6	13.7	0.176

Statistical significance at 5% level.