Diabetes/metabolism research and reviews
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March 2015
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Diabetes Metab. Res. Rev. · Mar 2015
Effect of diabetes on hospitalization for ischemic stroke and related in-hospital mortality: a study in Tuscany, Italy, over years 2004-2011.
Incidence of ischemic stroke and associated in-hospital mortality is decreasing in Western populations, while the prevalence of diabetes, a well-known risk factor for ischemic stroke, is progressively rising. This study was aimed at evaluating the effect of diabetes on ischemic stroke hospitalization and in-hospital mortality after ischemic stroke. ⋯ In the last decade, the incidence of ischemic stroke and of related in-hospital mortality declined in persons without diabetes, while increasing among diabetic patients of advanced age. Women with diabetes, compared with men, had a higher in-hospital mortality risk.