DOI: https://doi.org/10.36347/sjams.2025.v13i07.014

Pages: 1431-1434

Background: Stroke is the second biggest cause of morbidity worldwide, with a significant increase in the burden over the past two decades, particularly in emerging nations. The clinical manifestation of stroke varies based on vascular region involvement. Ischemic stroke etiology differs across populations due to lifestyle, environmental, and genetic variables. Aim of the study: The goal of this study was to evaluate the clinical profile and sociodemographic characteristics of ischemic stroke patients. Methods: This one-year descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out in the Department of Neurology at Sir Salimullah Medical College and Mitford Hospital (MH) in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Seventy ischemic stroke patients were selected to take part in the study based on the selection criteria. All study participants provided written informed consents. Data were examined using the statistical software SPSS 20.0. Results: Mean age of the patients was 64.10 ± 12.20 years. Majority of ischemic stroke patients were from age 61 to 70 years 28.6%. Majority of the patients were male 71.4% and female was 28.6%. Family history of ischemic stroke was 35.7%. Most common clinical feature was unilateral weakness, clumsiness (90.0%) followed by dysphasia (4.3%), unsteadiness (2.9%), dysphagia (1.4%) and unilateral sensory symptoms (1.4%). Most common associated risk factor was DM (64.3%) followed by HTN (45.7%), smoking (44.3%) and dyslipidemia (30.0%). Co-morbidities of the study subjects. Obesity was observed in 13 (18.6%) cases, MI in 11 (15.7%), CKD in 4 (5.7%) cases and electrolyte imbalance in 3 (4.3%) cases. Conclusion: In this study findings, diabetes mellitus, HTN and smoking are the most common risk factors in ischemic stroke patients, common co-morbidity is obesity.