DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2020.v08i04.017

Pages: 1130-1133

Background: Stroke in young poses a major health problem. Stroke in young has special significance in developing countries. Aims and Objective: To study the prevalence of stroke in young and compare with the normal population. Materials and Methods: Ninety subjects were studied in the Department of General Medicine at Sri Aurobindo Medical College and PGI, Indore (M. P.) for one and half year from June-2015 to March-2016 after dividing them in to Cases (n=45; patient who had ischemic stroke screened through CT/MRI findings) and Control (n=45; normal individuals who had no documented heart disease). Clinical information including age and sex were obtained and all the subjects were divided based on different age groups and the prevalence was recorded. Results: Out of a population of ninety, more than half (56, 62.2%) of the subject was male while rest (34, 37.8%) was female. The age of all cases and controls found to be in the ranges from 15 to 45 years. The mean age (mean ± SD) of all samples (N=90) was 36.53±7.53 years. The scatter of mean age for the case group (n1=45) was 36.80±7.90 years and found within ranges from 15 to 45 years while for controls (n2=45) was 36.27±7.22 years had ranges from 20 to 45 years. Conclusion: Stroke in young in present study is high. Preventive measures could aid immensely in bringing down costs and emotional burden on the family.