Cerebral Stroke Onset Probability and Lifestyle in Individuals Who Underwent Medical Check-Up of the Brain at a Community Medical Support Hospital in southern Akita Prefecture
10.2185/jjrm.65.747
- VernacularTitle:秋田県南部にある地域医療支援病院にて脳ドックを受診した人の脳卒中発症確率（リスクスコア）と生活習慣（リスク因子）に関する研究
- Author:
Hirohito NAMBU
;
Susumu FUSHIMI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- From:Journal of the Japanese Association of Rural Medicine
2016;65(4):747-757
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
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Abstract:
This study calculated risk scores associated with cerebral stroke onset by adding the scores of individual risk factors (sex, age, BMI, history of smoking, and presence or absence of diabetes and hypertension) in individuals who underwent medical check-up of the brain at a community medical support hospital, in order to obtain the supporting data for the promotion of primary preventive behaviors in individuals who underwent this specific medical check-up. Subjects were 1,426 individuals aged 40-60 years, comprising 798 men (56.0%) and 628 women (44.0%), who underwent medical check-up of the brain at the a community medical support hospital in southern Akita Prefecture between April 1, 2009 and August 30, 2013. Risk scores were not significantly different between men and women but were significantly higher in women with unruptured cerebral aneurysm than in women without (29.0±8.3 vs 22.00±8.9, p<0.001). Furthermore, scores of individual risk factors (age, BMI, history of smoking, diabetes, and blood pressure) were higher in individuals with unruptured aneurysm irrespective of sex (p<0.001). The findings of this study provide useful information demonstrating that obtaining risk scores in individuals who underwent medical check-up of the brain leads to better understanding of their lifestyle, the proportion of smokers, and the presence or absence of diabetes, obesity, and hypertension, all of which serve as a solid base in giving health instruction on the primary behaviors that prevent cerebral stroke.
