Table 2.

Characteristics of case series included in the systematic review.

Author, year	Country	Patient recruitment and setting	Case definition	Case ascertainment	Stroke type	Mean age (years)	Sample size	IS/HS (%)	Risk factors reported
Mayowa et al., 2013	Nigeria	Hospital based consecutive adult stroke patients	NR	CT scan and/or MRI	Ischemic and hemorrhagic	60.8	282	61.7/33.3	Age, sex, hypertension, waist hip ratio, diabetes, hypercholesterolemia, alcohol use, smoking, physical inactivity, body mass index
Albertino et al., 2010	Mozambique	Hospital based adult stroke admissions	WHO	CT scan and necropsy	Ischemic and hemorrhagic	59.1	651	42.0/36.1	Age, sex, race, hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidaemia, AF
Sennay et al., 2016	Ethiopia	Hospital based adult stroke patients	NR	CT scan and neurological evaluation	Ischemic hemorrhagic, TIA and other	62.8	142	55.6/32.4	Age, sex, hypertension, diabetes, address
Sagui et al., 2005	Senegal	Hospital based adult stroke admissions	WHO	CT scan	Ischemic and hemorrhagic	60.4	107	70.0/30.0	Age, hypertension, diabetes, smoking, hypercholesterolemia, AF
Connor et al., 2007	South Africa	Hospital based consecutive adult stroke patients	WHO	CT scan or MRI	Ischemic and hemorrhagic	53	432	58.0/42.0	Age, male sex, hypertension, diabetes, hypercholesterolemia, alcohol use, smoking, AF, TIA
Nakibuuka et al., 2012	Uganda	Hospital based consecutive adult stroke patients	NR	CT scan	Ischemic and hemorrhagic	62.2	139	77.6/22.4	Age, sex, hypertension, diabetes, smoking, alcohol use, physical inactivity
Masharip et al., 2012	Zambia	Hospital based adult stroke patients	WHO	WHO CT scan	Ischemic and hemorrhagic	55	250	65/35	Age, male sex, hypertension, diabetes, smoking, alcohol use, HIV infection, previous stroke, AF

NR = not reported.