Table 3.
Comparison of stroke risk factors in our study and other previous studies.
| Author, country, year | N | Hypertension% | Diabetes mellitus% | Hypercholesterolemia% | History of stroke% | Heredity% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bamekhlahetal., Yémen, 2014 [26] | 774 | 57,2 | 44,8 | 8,7 | 10,6 | 13,4 |
| Limboleet al., Congo, 2017 [10] | 166 | 84,3 | 36,1 | 45,2 | - | - |
| Deresse and Shaweno, Ethiopia, 2015 [28] | 163 | 50,9 | 7,4 | 38,5 | 2,5 | 1,2 |
| Sylajaetal., India, 2018 [21] | 2066 | 60.8 | 35.7 | 14.4 | 19.8 | 15,2 |
| Marroneet al., Brazil, 2011 [29] | 688 | 75,1 | 22,6 | 47,1 | - | 16,4 |
| Omori et al., Japan, 2012 [33] | 1087 | 70 | 39,8 | 50 | 21,3 | 30 |
| Ben Mahjoub et al., Tunisia, 2017 [35] | 107 | 62 | 35 | - | - | - |
| Our study, Djibouti, 2017 | 70 | 73 | 30 | 21 | 11 | 13 |