As of: April 8, 2024, 4:43 p.m
By: Judith Braun
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Atypical risk factors appear to play an important role in younger stroke patients. You can find out what these are here.
According to information from
Südwestdeutscher Rundfunk (SWR),
a person in Germany suffers a stroke approximately every two minutes. The condition does not only occur in older people: one in seven stroke patients is younger than 50 years. Typical risk factors for life-threatening cardiovascular disease include high cholesterol, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure or coronary heart disease (CHD). However,
as the
Ärztezeitung
reports, non-traditional risk factors appear to be more important when it comes to the risk of stroke in young adults.
Stroke risk in young adults increased by non-traditional risk factors
In one study, migraine was found to be responsible for stroke in 35 percent of women under 35. © Clique Images/IMAGO
Recent study results have shown that young adults have an increased risk of stroke even without the typical risk factors. This is suggested by the results of a study by researchers from the USA and Finland. This was published in the journal
Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes
. For their study, the scientists analyzed data from 2,600 stroke patients and 7,800 people without a stroke between the ages of 18 and 55.
The analysis of the data showed that people aged 18 to 44 with the following atypical risk factors had a higher risk of a stroke than participants without these previous illnesses:
migraine
Coagulation disorders
Kidney failure
Autoimmune diseases
Cancer diseases
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Study on stroke risk in young adults: Migraine is the most important non-traditional factor
Particularly in the group of people under 35, non-traditional risk factors had a greater influence than typical factors. Migraine emerged as the most relevant atypical risk factor. The previous illness was considered to be the cause of a stroke in 20 percent of men and 35 percent of women. However, the importance of non-traditional risk factors appears to decrease again after the age of 45. In the group of 45 to 55 year olds, high blood pressure was the most important factor.
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