HIV infection: A new risk factor for intracerebral hemorrhage?

HIV infection: A new risk factor for intracerebral hemorrhage?

Neurology recent issues

Population-based cohort studies conducted in high-income countries have demonstrated that HIV infection is an independent risk factor for stroke.^1–3 A prospective community-based case-control study of stroke risk factors in Tanzania reported that HIV seropositivity is an independent risk factor, with an adjusted odds ratio (OR) of 5.61.⁴ Most studies have focused on the association of HIV infection with ischemic stroke (IS). Reviewing the limited number of studies addressing intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), HIV infection appears to increase the risk of ICH even greater than that of IS.^5–7

Original Article: http://www.neurology.org/cgi/content/short/83/19/1690?rss=1

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