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STROKE
Volume 32, Issue 5, Pages 1173-1175Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.32.5.1173
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epidemiology; risk factors; subarachnoid hemorrhage
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Background and Purpose-Smoking, hypertension, alcohol consumption, autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), and positive family history for subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) are well-known risk factors for SAH, For effective prevention, knowledge about the contribution of these risk factors to the overall occurrence of SAH in the general population is pivotal. We therefore investigated the population attributable risks of the risk factors for SAH. Methods-We retrieved the relative risk and prevalence of established risk factors for SAH from the literature and calculated the population attributable risks of these risk factors. Results-Drinking alcohol 100 to 299 g/wk accounted for 11% of the cases of SAH, drinking alcohol greater than or equal to 300 g/wk accounted for 21%, and smoking accounted for 20%. An additional 17% of the cases could be attributed to hypertension, 11% to a positive family history for SAH, and 0.3% to ADPKD. Conclusions-Screening and preventive treatment of patients with familial preponderance of SAH alone will cause a modest reduction of the incidence of SAH in the general population. Further reduction can be achieved by reducing the prevalence of the modifiable risk factors alcohol consumption, smoking, and hypertension.
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