[Risk factors and aetiologies of stroke in young adults in Bogodogo university hospital, Ouagadougou].

INTRODUCTION

Stroke is a common and serious disease occurring most often in the elderly. The aim if our study was to describe risk factors and causes of stroke in young adults.

PATIENTS AND

METHODS

This was a retrospective study including patients whose age was between 15 and 45 years, hospitalized in the neurology department of the Bogodogo University Hospital for stroke between April 1, 2017 and March 31, 2019.

RESULTS

Forty-four stroke cases involved young adults, it represented 8.46% of total stroke. Among those cases, 59,1% was ischemic stroke and 40,9% was hemorrhagic stroke. The Mean age was37,45± 5,94 years. The sex-ratio was 2,14. Physical inactivity(72,22%), high blood pressure(59,09%) and diabetes(25%) were the main risk factors. Aetiologies were found in 77,27% of cases. They were dominated by atherosclerosis and cardioembolism in ischemic stroke, and by high blood pressure in hemorrhagic stroke.

CONCLUSION

Stroke in young adults at Bogodogo University Hospital is relatively infrequent. Prevention of risk factors would prevent an increase in its frequency.