The Role of Diabetes Mellitus, Dyslipidemia, and Smoking as Risk Factors in Acute Ischemic Stroke Incidence Among Hypertensive Subject

Introduction: Stroke is a leading cause of disability in the elderly, and the second leading cause of the death worldwide. This study aims to analyze the role of risk factors for diabe- tes mellitus (DM), dyslipidemia, and smoking in hypertensive patients who suffer an acute ischemic stroke. Methods: This study used a case-control design in hypertensive pa- tients who suffered an acute ischemic stroke as the case group, and hypertensive pa- tients without ischemic stroke as a control group. The samples were selected using the consecutive technique based on some inclusion criteria. Data were analyzed statistically with the Chi-Square test. The test results were considered significant if p <0.05. Further- more, logistic regression analysis was performed to find out the strength of the relation- ship with the odds ratio (OR). Layer analysis also conducted to validate the strength of dyslipidemia and smoking. Results: Among these three risk factors, diabetes had the most significant role (p