Global Differences in Risk Factors, Etiology, and Outcome of Ischemic Stroke in Young Adults-A Worldwide Meta-analysis: The GOAL Initiative.
Mina A JacobMerel S EkkerYoussra AllachMengfei CaiKaroliina AarnioAntonio ArauzMarcel ArnoldHee Joon BaeLucrecia BandeoMiguel A BarbozaManuel BolognesePablo BonardoRaf BrounsBatnairamdal ChuluunEnkhzaya ChuluunbaatarCharlotte CordonnierByambasuren DagvajantsanStephanie DebetteAdi DonChris EnzingerEsme EkizogluAuthor S Simon Fandler-HöflerFranz FazekasAnnette FrommThomas GattringerThiago F HoraChristina JernKatarina JoodYoung Seo KimSteven KittnerTimothy KleinigCatharina J M KlijnJanika KõrvVinod KumarKeon-Joo LeeTsong-Hai LeeNoortje A M MaaijweeNicolas Martinez-MajanderJoão Pedro MartoMan M MehndirattaVictoria MifsudVinícius Vianna Abreu MontanaroGisele PacioVinod B PatelMatthew C PhillipsBartlomiej Piechowski-JozwiakAleksandra PikulaJose Ruiz-SandovalBettina von SarnowskiRichard H SwartzKay-Sin TanDavid TanneTurgut TatlisumakVincent N ThijsMiguel Viana-BaptistaRiina ViboTeddy Y WuNilüfer YesilotUlrike Waje-AndreassenAlessandro PezziniJukka PutaalaAnil Man TuladharFrank-Erik de LeeuwPublished in: Neurology (2021)
Ethnoracial and regional differences in risk factors and causes of stroke at young age provide an understanding of ethnic and racial and regional differences in incidence of ischemic stroke. Our results also highlight the dissimilarities in outcome after stroke in young adults that exist between LMICs and HICs, which should serve as call to action to improve health care facilities in LMICs.