STROKE;

Objectives: To determine the frequency of common factors leading to stroke inyoung local population. Study Design: It is Descriptive Cross-Sectional study. Setting: Medicalfloor, DHQ, Hospital, Faisalabad. Period of Study: 6 Months, September, 2016 to February,2017. Methodology: A total of 150 diagnosed cases of stoke between 18-40 years of age ofeither gender were enrolled in this trial. We excluded all those cases with recurrent historyof cerebrovascular accidents, space occupying lesion, head injury, hypoglycemia, transientischemic attack, CNS infection. We used CT brain showing either infarct or hemorrhage. Aftera detailed history from patient/relative including the common factors of stroke, all patientsundergoing thorough physical examination, CT/MRI Scan brain, lipid profile and fasting bloodglucose measurement to rule out the presence/absence of hypertension, smoking, Dyslipidemiaand diabetes mellitus being the common risk factors. Results: Age distribution shows 38%(n=57) were between 18-30 years while 62% (n=93) between 31-40 years, mean+sd wascalculated as 35.21+6.47 years. (Table-I) Gender distribution shows 64% (n=96) male and36% (n=54) females. (Table-II). Frequency of common factors leading to stroke in young adultsreveals hypertension in 60.67% (n=91), diabetes mellitus in 41.33% (n=62), smoking in 31.33%(n=47) and dyslipidemia in 23.33% (n=35). Conclusion: The results of the study conclude thatamong common factors hypertension, smoking, dyslipidemia and diabetes mellitus are theleading causes of stroke and these factors are modifiable and by controlling on these factors,the frequency of stroke in young adults may be avoided.