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BERENGUER GUARNALUSES, Lázaro Jorge  e  PEREZ RAMOS, Argelio. Risk factors of strokes during a biennium. MEDISAN [online]. 2016, vol.20, n.5, pp. 621-629. ISSN 1029-3019.

An analytic observational case-control study in patients of "Carlos Montalbán" Teaching Polyclinic in Palma Soriano, Santiago de Cuba, was carried out in order to determine the main risk factors of strokes, from January, 2014 to December, 2015. Two groups were selected: one with 90 members (case) and another one with 180 (control). The relative opportunity and the confidence interval were calculated; the Chi-square test was applied with 95% of confidence and the percentage was used as summary measure for qualitative variables. The predisposing conditions that prevailed in the series were: age, hypertension, obesity, sedentary lifestyle, nicotine addiction and dyslipemia, which put at risk the life of the ones affected

Palavras-chave : cerebrovascular disease; risk factor; hypertension, obesity; sedentary lifestyle; nicotine addiction; secondary health care.

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