Ischaemic stroke: social risk factors
Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .
Ischaemic stroke: social risk factors. Age, Inadequate physical activity, Excessive physical activity, Obesity. Fully referenced neurology checklist.
Individual risk factors
- Age
- Inadequate physical activity
- Excessive physical activity
- Obesity
- Maternal obesity: this may be a risk for perinatal stroke
- Childhood short stature
Smoking
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Dietary
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Stress
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Cocaine: mechanisms
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Trauma
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Environmental pollution
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Heavy metal exposure
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References
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- O'Donnell MJ, Xavier D, Liu L, et al; INTERSTROKE investigators. Risk factors for ischaemic and intracerebral haemorrhagic stroke in 22 countries (the INTERSTROKE study): a case-control study. Lancet 2010; 376:112-23.
- Kroll ME, Green J, Beral V, et al; Million Women Study Collaborators. Adiposity and ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke: prospective study in women and meta-analysis. Neurology 2016; 87:1473-1481.
- Kutal S, Yesilot N, Sarkanen T, et al. Association between physical activity and cryptogenic ischemic stroke in young adults: a case-control study. Eur J Neurol 2026; 33:e70650.
- Bang OY, Ovbiagele B, Kim JS. Nontraditional risk factors for ischemic stroke: an update. Stroke 2015; 46:3571-358.
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