Cocaine use and hypertension are major risk factors for intracerebral hemorrhage in young African Americans.

摘要: OBJECTIVE To determine the risk factors for intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) in African Americans aged 18 to 45 years. are at a higher ICH than Whites, particularly younger age groups. However, few data available regarding that contribute high of among Americans. DESIGN A case-control study. SETTINGS university-affiliated public hospital. PARTICIPANTS One hundred and twenty-two African-American patients admitted with non-traumatic Grady Memorial Hospital (Atlanta, Ga.) 366 age- sex matched controls selected from nationally representative sample civilian, non-institutionalized US population. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE Association between various demographic clinical determined by stepwise logistic regression. RESULTS Cocaine use (OR 6.1, 95% CI 3.3-11.8), hypertension 5.2, 3.2-8.7) alcohol 1.9, 1.1-3.3) were independently associated increased ICH. CONCLUSIONS use, contributed observed Primary preventive strategies required reduce frequency modifiable predisposing