Table 4.
Clinical presentation of stroke patients in Upper Egypt (desert area)
| Clinical presentation | Age 20 to <40 (years)
|
Age 40 to <60 (years)
|
Age 60+ (years)
|
Total
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n=21 | n=167 | n=289 | n=477 | |
| Side of the body | ||||
| Right | 12 (57.1%) | 100 (59.9%) | 134 (46.4%) | 246 (51.6%) |
| Left | 8 (38.1%) | 62 (37.1%) | 136 (47.1%) | 206 (43.2%) |
| Bilateral | 1 (4.8%) | 5 (3.0%) | 19 (6.6%) | 25 (5.2%) |
| Impaired conscious | 11 (52.4%) | 43 (25.7%) | 81 (28.0%) | 135 (28.3%) |
| Seizure | 5 (23.8%) | 22 (13.2%) | 24 (8.3%) | 51 (10.7%) |
| Vomiting | 5 (23.8%) | 20 (12.0%) | 42 (14.5%) | 67 (14.0%) |
| Vertigo | 5 (23.8%) | 26 (15.6%) | 61 (21.1%) | 92 (19.3%) |
| Headache | 12 (57.1%) | 68 (40.7%) | 108 (37.4%) | 188 (39.4%) |
| Mental depression | 2 (9.5%) | 33 (19.8%) | 55 (19.0%) | 90 (18.9%) |
| Psychotic | 1 (4.8%) | 5 (3%) | 21 (7.3%) | 27 (5.7%) |
| CrN-UMN | 10 (47.6%) | 118 (70.7%) | 204 (70.6%) | 332 (69.6%) |
| LMN | 0 | 7 (4.2%) | 3 (1.0%) | 10 (2.1%) |
| Speech | ||||
| Dysarthria/anarthria | 4 (19.1%) | 61 (36.5%) | 112 (38.1%) | 177 (37.1%) |
| Dysphasia/aphasia | 0 | 14 (8.4%) | 18 (6.2%) | 32 (6.7%) |
| Motor | ||||
| Hemiparesis | 12 (57.1%) | 133 (79.6%) | 220 (76.1%) | 365 (76.5%) |
| Quadriparesis | 2 (9.5%) | 17 (10.2%) | 48 (16.6%) | 67 (14.0%) |
| Ataxia | 1 (4.8%) | 3 (1.8%) | 11 (3.8%) | 15 (3.1%) |
| Sphincter | ||||
| Precipitancy or incontinence | 6 (28.5%) | 28 (16.8%) | 93 (32.1%) | 127 (26.6%) |
| Hemihypesthesia | 5 (23.8%) | 57 (34.1%) | 68 (23.5%) | 130 (27.3%) |
| Gait | ||||
| Circumduction | 6 (28.6%) | 68 (40.7%) | 92 (31.8%) | 166 (34.8%) |
| Walk aided | 0 | 16 (9.6%) | 66 (22.8%) | 82 (17.2%) |
| Bed bound | 1 (4.8%) | 18 (10.8%) | 56 (19.4%) | 75 (15.7%) |
| Shuffling | 0 | 0 | 13 (4.5%) | 13 (2.7%) |
| Wide base | 0 | 1 (6.0%) | 7 (2.4%) | 8 (1.7%) |
Note: Data are presented as n(%).
Abbreviations: UMN, upper motor neuron; LMN, lower motor neuron; CrN, cranial nerves.