Table 2.
Stroke subtypes in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
| Authors and study year | Stroke subtypes |
Undefined (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ischemic (%) Non-L/L | Hemorrhagic (%) ICH/SAH | ||
| Yacub et al. (1991) (Yaqub et al., 1991) | 87.0 65.5/21.5 | 11.0 6.5/4.5 | – |
| Al-Rajeh et al. (1991) (Al-Rajeh et al., 1991) | 61.0 -/- |
17.0 -/- |
22.0 |
| Al-Rajeh et al. (1993) (Al-Rajeh et al., 1993) | 76.2 52/24.2 |
23.8 -/- |
– |
| Awada (1994) (Awada, 1994) | 58.5 51.0/7.5 |
41.5 32.5/9.0 |
– |
| Al-Rajeh et al. (1998) (Al-Rajeh et al., 1998) | 69.0 45.0/24.0 |
18.0 16.6/1.4 |
13.0 |
| Awada and Al-Rajeh (1999) (Awada and Al-Rajeh, 1999) | 76.0 51.0/25.0 |
24.0 22.0/2.0 |
– |
| El-sayed et al. (1999) (El-sayed et al., 1999) | 79.0 56.8/22.2 |
21.0 18.8/2.2 |
– |
| Qari (2000) (Qari, 2000) | 77.0 -/- |
20.5 -/- |
– |
| Akbar and Mushtaq (2001) (Akbar and Mushtaq, 2001) | 74.0 -/- |
10.0 -/- |
16.0 |
| Ayoola et al. (2003) (Ayoola et al., 2003) | 65.6 – |
34.4 30.7/3.7 |
– |
Non-L/L: non-lacunar/lacunar; ICH: intracerebral hemorrhage; SAH: subarachnoid hemorrhage.