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We aimed to investigate the magnitude, risk factors and outcomes of first ever stroke in young adults \u226445\u2009years compared to older adults &gt;\u200945\u2009years.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>All patients with a World Health Organization clinical definition of stroke at a tertiary hospital in Tanzania were enrolled. The National Institute of Health Stroke Scale and Modified Rankin Scale were used to assess admission stroke severity and outcomes respectively. Kaplan-Meier analysis was used to describe survival and Cox-proportional hazards model was used to examine predictors of fatality.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      We enrolled 369 first ever stroke participants over 8\u2009months. First strokes accounted for one quarter of the medical admissions in both younger and older groups, 123\/484 {(25.4%) [95% CI 21.5\u201329.3%]} and 246\/919 {(26.8%) [95% CI 23.9\u201329.6%]} respectively. Hemorrhagic stroke occurred in 47 (42.3%) vs 62 (27.2%) for the young and old respectively\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.005. Factors associated with stroke in the young were: a new diagnosis of hypertension in 33 (26.8%) vs 23 (9.3%)\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.001, HIV infection 12 (9.8%) vs 7 (2.8%)\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0=\u20090.005, use of hormonal contraception in females 33 (48.5%) vs 13 (9.4%)\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0&lt;\u20090.001, elevated serum low density lipoproteins 28 (27.7%) vs 29 (16.4%)\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.024, hypercholesteremia 34 (31.2%) vs 40 (20.2%),\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.031, sickle cell disease 11 (9.7%) vs 9 (4.2%)\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.047 and thrombocytosis 12 (16.9%) vs 8 (5.6%)\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.007. The overall 30-day fatality rate was 215 (61.3%); 57 (49.1%) vs 158 (67.2%) in the young and old respectively. Independent predictors of fatality were: severe stroke {HR 10.35 (95% CI: 1.397\u201376.613)}, leukocytosis {HR 2.23 (95% CI: 1.448\u20133.419)} and fever {HR 1.79 (95% CI: 1.150\u20132.776)}.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>There is a high burden of stroke in young adults that is coupled with a high 30-day fatality rate. Screening and management of hypertension is crucial in the prevention of stroke. More research is needed to identify factors which cause death, allowing the development of sustainable interventions to reduce early post stroke fatality in this group.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s12883-020-01793-2","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,5,25]],"date-time":"2020-05-25T03:02:31Z","timestamp":1590375751000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":36,"title":["The burden and outcomes of stroke in young adults at a tertiary hospital in Tanzania: a comparison with older adults"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"20","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7329-3922","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sarah Shali","family":"Matuja","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Patricia","family":"Munseri","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Khuzeima","family":"Khanbhai","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,5,25]]},"reference":[{"issue":"3","key":"1793_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"161","DOI":"10.1159\/000441085","volume":"45","author":"VL Feigin","year":"2015","unstructured":"Feigin VL, Krishnamurthi RV, Parmar P, Norrving B, Mensah GA, Bennett DA, et al. 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