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Study of Risk Factors among patients presenting with Stroke in Younger Age group

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1) Dr. P.S. Ranjith Kumaran, 2) Dr. Rahul Patil, 3) Dr. Vikram.B.Vikhe, 4)Dr. Harshad Patel

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Aim: To Study the Clinical profile and Etiology among patients presenting with Stroke in Younger Individuals. Methods: The present Cross-Sectional Observational study was conducted on 50 patients of age 15-45 years with clinical and radiological diagnoses admitted to Dr. D.Y. Patil Medical College Hospital and Research Centre, Pimpri, Pune during the period from OCTOBER 2020– SEPTEMBER 2022. Results: In this study, the majority of patients were in the 36–45 years age group (46%). And also, it was found that in this study, majority of the patients had Dyslipidemia as the major risk factor in 21(42%) subjects. Conclusion: Thus, our study concludes that Dyslipidaemia as the most commonly reported risk factor stating that primary prevention of these modifiable risk factors will help in preventing stroke in younger individuals.

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