Occurrence of diabetes mellitus in spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage

• Published in: Acta diabetologica Vol. 44; no. 4; pp. 201 - 207
• Main Authors: Herzig, R, Vlachová, I, Mares, J, Gabrys, M, Sanák, D, Skoloudík, D, Bártková, A, Burval, S, Schneiderka, P, Hlustík, P, Král, M, Zapletalová, J, Kanovský, P
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany Springer Nature B.V 01.12.2007
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Antihypertensive Agents - classification; Antihypertensive Agents - therapeutic use; Brain; Diabetes; Diabetes Complications - epidemiology; Diabetes Mellitus - epidemiology; Female; Hemorrhage; Humans; Inpatients; Male; Middle Aged; Pathology; Risk Factors; Stroke; Stroke - classification; Stroke - complications; Stroke - epidemiology; Czech Republic
• ISSN: 0940-5429; 1432-5233
• DOI: 10.1007/s00592-007-0005-8

The role of diabetes mellitus (DM) in the etiopathogenesis of spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (SICH) is controversial. The aim was to assess the role of DM in our SICH patients. In a hospital-based cross-section study, the occurrence of DM prior to a hemorrhagic stroke was observed in 80 SICH patients (44 males, aged 36-87 years, mean 67.1 +/- 11.9 years; 36 females, aged 56-86 years, mean 71.1 +/- 8.3 years), and in a control group (CG) of 80 age- and sex-matched patients with low back pain. All patients were treated at the Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, University Hospital, Olomouc, Czech Republic. Two-sample t test and Pearson's homogeneity chi(2) test were applied when assessing statistical significance. DM was found in 37.5% of SICH patients versus 22.5% of CG subjects (P < 0.05). DM occurs significantly more frequently in SICH patients in the Olomouc region of the Czech Republic when compared to the general population.