The Relationship Between Hypertension and Ischemic Stroke Occurrence at Less Than 45 Years Old People

^Authors: Arif Iskandar¹, Suharyo Hadisaputro², Dwi Pudjonarko³, Suhartono⁴,  Dodik Tugasworo Pramukarso⁵

^1&2Magister Student of Epidemiology, School of Postgraduate, Diponegoro University, Indonesia

^3&5Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Diponegoro University, Indonesia

 ⁴Department of Environmental Health, Faculty of Public Health, Diponegoro University, Indonesia

⁵Central General Hospital of Dr. Kariadi Semarang, Indonesia

Abstract

 Ischemic stroke that occurs at less than 45 years old people continuously increases. One of the main causes is hypertension. The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between hypertension with ischemic stroke occurrence at less than 45 years old people. The type of research used in this study is observational analytic research by case control study approach. The sampling technique is consecutive sampling with total sample consists of 43 cases and 43 controls. Data analysis that used in this study is chi-square test. The result of the analysis shows that there is a significant relationship between hypertension with ischemic stroke occurrence at less than 45 years old people (p=0.001, OR=4.308, and 95% CI=1.745-10.635). The conclusion of this study is there is a relationship between hypertension and ischemic stroke occurrence at less than 45 years old people.

Keywords: Ischemic stroke, Hypertension

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