Probability of stroke in the couples of stroke patients; using framingham stroke risk profile

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Environmental and personal factors may be of importance for stroke risk. We determined the stroke risk factors among the stroke patients' couples and controls. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A prospective study was conducted on 221 participants (71 stroke patients, 71 stroke patients' couples, 79 controls) aged more than 54 years. Framingham Stroke Risk Profile was used to measure the stroke risk. RESULTS: In subjects aged 54 years and older, became a couple of stroke patient were not associated with an increased risk of stroke. CONCLUSION: In this study, environmental and personal factors were an independent risk factor for stroke in stroke patients' couples and controls older than 54 years.