J Korean Neurol Assoc.  1997 Feb;15(1):30-35.

Factors determining the volume of the spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage

• Chung SJ
• Kim JS
• Yang DW
• Yoon SS

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Hypertension and alcohol consumption are well known independent risk factors of spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). However, it is uncertain whether controlling of them reduces the volume of ICH. Furthermore, it remains also unkown whether other factors such as age, sex, education level, smoking, diabetes mellitus, and previous history of stroke are related to the volume of ICH. This study was designed to evaluate the relations of those things with the volume of ICH.
METHODS
We prospectively assessed above items in 103 consecutive patients with ICH aged 33 to 87 years (mean age : 64 years, 50 men and 53 women ). We divided the volume of ICH with the use of CT scan into small (<10cc, n=71) and large (>=l0cc, n=32) groups.
RESULTS
The patients with previous history of stroke significantly have a smaller volume of ICH compared to those without (p=0.04). However, the other factors (age, sex, education level, antihypertensive medication, alcohol consumption, smoking, and diabetes mellitus) were not significantly correlated with the volume of ICH to multivariate analysis. The patients with previous history of stroke tended to receive more regular antihypertensive medication than these without (p-0.06).
CONCLUSION
The patients with previous history of stroke have a smaller volume of ICH possibly due to adequate antihypertensive treatment. However, the other factors which we evaluated were not significantly correlated with the volume of ICH.

MeSH Terms

Alcohol Drinking
Cerebral Hemorrhage*
Diabetes Mellitus
Education
Female
Humans
Hypertension
Male
Multivariate Analysis
Prospective Studies
Risk Factors
Smoke
Smoking
Stroke
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Smoke