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What are Stroke Risk Factors?

    Stroke prevention is still the best medicine. The most important treatable conditions linked to stroke are:
  • Treating high blood pressure. Eating a balanced diet, maintaining a healthy weight and exercising to reduce blood pressure. Drugs are also available.

  • Quitting cigarette smoking. Medical help is available to help quit.

  • Manage heart disease. Your doctor can treat your heart disease and may prescribe medication to help prevent the formation of clots. If you are over 50, NINDS scientists believe you and your doctor should make a decision about aspirin therapy.

  • Control diabetes. Treatment can delay complications that increase the risk of stroke.

  • Seeking help and treatment for Transient ischemic attacks (TIAs). TIAs are small strokes that last only for a few minutes or hours. They should never be ignored and can be treated with drugs or surgery.

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What Can You Not Change?

    Risk factors you cannot change include:
  • Age. The risk for stroke increases with age, doubling every decade after age 55. At least 66% of all people who have a stroke are age 65 or older.

  • Race. African-Americans and Hispanics have a higher risk of stroke than those of other races. Compared with whites, young African-Americans are two to three times at risk of having an ischemic stroke, and African-American men and women are more likely to die from stroke.

  • Gender. Stroke is more common in men than women until age 75. After age 75, more women than men have strokes. At all ages, more women than men die of stroke.

  • Family history. The risk for stroke is greater if a parent, brother or sister has had a stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA). For more information, see the topic Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA).

  • History of stroke or TIA.

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