Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://ahro.austin.org.au/austinjspui/handle/1/10510
Full metadata record
DC FieldValueLanguage
dc.contributor.authorYou, R Xen
dc.contributor.authorMcNeil, John Jen
dc.contributor.authorFarish, S Jen
dc.contributor.authorO'Malley, H Men
dc.contributor.authorDonnan, Geoffrey Aen
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-15T23:58:38Z
dc.date.available2015-05-15T23:58:38Z
dc.date.issued1991-05-16en
dc.identifier.citationClinical and Experimental Neurology; 28(): 37-42en
dc.identifier.govdoc1821837en
dc.identifier.otherPUBMEDen
dc.identifier.urihttps://ahro.austin.org.au/austinjspui/handle/1/10510en
dc.description.abstractTo determine the influence of age on atrial fibrillation as a risk factor for cerebral infarction, the Austin Hospital Stroke Unit Register from 1977 to 1990 was reviewed. There were 2279 patients with cerebral infarction (excluding lacunar infarction syndromes) with a mean age of 68.3 years who were identified as subjects, and 800 patients with pseudostroke and lacunar infarction syndromes with a mean age of 64.7 years who were identified as controls. Data concerning potential risk factors for stroke (including sex, age, atrial fibrillation, cardiac disease, hypertension, diabetes, peripheral vascular disease and smoking) were analyzed using multivariate regression techniques. It was found that atrial fibrillation was a significant risk factor for cerebral infarction (excluding lacunar infarction) for all age groups, after adjusting for the effects of other risk factors (P less than .001). However, when age was stratified into four groups, the age-specific odds ratios for atrial fibrillation were not significantly different and no significant interactions between atrial fibrillation and age or other risk factors were found (P greater than 0.1). It was concluded that, although with increasing age atrial fibrillation becomes a more frequent cause of stroke, its potency as a risk factor does not increase correspondingly. There was no significant influence of age on the relationship between atrial fibrillation and cerebral infarction.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.subject.otherAge Factorsen
dc.subject.otherAgeden
dc.subject.otherAged, 80 and overen
dc.subject.otherAging.physiologyen
dc.subject.otherAtrial Fibrillation.complicationsen
dc.subject.otherCerebrovascular Disorders.etiologyen
dc.subject.otherFemaleen
dc.subject.otherHumansen
dc.subject.otherMaleen
dc.subject.otherMiddle Ageden
dc.subject.otherMultivariate Analysisen
dc.subject.otherOdds Ratioen
dc.subject.otherRegression Analysisen
dc.subject.otherRisk Factorsen
dc.titleThe influence of age on atrial fibrillation as a risk factor for stroke.en
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.identifier.journaltitleClinical and experimental neurologyen
dc.identifier.affiliationDepartment of Neurology, Austin Hospital, Melbourne University.en
dc.description.pages37-42en
dc.relation.urlhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1821837en
dc.type.austinJournal Articleen
local.name.researcherDonnan, Geoffrey A
item.openairecristypehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_18cf-
item.cerifentitytypePublications-
item.fulltextNo Fulltext-
item.grantfulltextnone-
item.languageiso639-1en-
item.openairetypeJournal Article-
crisitem.author.deptThe Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health-
Appears in Collections:Journal articles
Show simple item record

Page view(s)

14
checked on Mar 28, 2024

Google ScholarTM

Check


Items in AHRO are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.