Comparison of Ischemic and Hemorrhagic Stroke in the Medical Ward of Dessie Referral Hospital, Northeast Ethiopia: A Retrospective Study

Table 3

Prevalence of antecedent risk factors of ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke.

Risk factors	Categories	IS = 204 (65.4%)		HS = 108 (34.6%)		value
		No. of cases	%	No. of cases	%
HTN	Yes	124	39.8	73	23.4	0.24
	No	80	25.6	35	11.2
DM	Yes	11	3.5	13	4.2	0.04
	No	193	61.9	95	30.4
Previous history of stroke	Yes	12	3.8	5	1.6	0.64
	No	192	61.6	103	33.0
AF	Yes	20	6.4	27	8.65	0.01
	No	184	59.0	81	26.0
Smoking	Yes	22	7.1	16	5.1	0.3
	No	182	58.3	92	29.5
Alcohol intake	Yes	24	7.7	8	2.6	0.23
	No	180	57.7	100	32.0
SHD	Yes	18	5.8	21	6.7	0.01
	No	186	59.6	87	27.9
HTN/DM	Yes	17	5.5	13	4.2	0.29
	No	187	60.0	95	30.4
Family history of stroke	Yes	6	1.9	9	2.9	0.03
	No	198	63.5	99	31.7
HIV	Yes	7	2.2	10	3.2	0.03
	No	197	63.2	98	31.4
Chat chewing	Yes	33	10.6	13	4.2	0.33
	No	171	54.8	95	30.4
Obesity	Yes	10	3.2	6	1.9	0.8
	No	194	62.2	102	32.7
Headache/migraine	Yes	10	3.2	11	3.5	0.08
	No	194	62.2	97	31.1

AF: atrial fibrillation, DM: diabetes mellitus, HIV: human immunodeficiency virus, HS: hemorrhagic stroke, HTN: hypertension, IS: ischemic stroke, and SHD: structural heart diseases; statistically significant risk factor for HS at value <0.05.