Risk Factors of Stroke induced Aphasia

Two types of risk factors:

     those that cannot be changed
     those that can be managed with medical treatment or by adjusting one's lifestyle

Factors that cannot be changed:

  increasing age
  gender: more males than females have strokes
  race: African Americans are at greater risk
  heredity: if someone in your family has had a stroke, then you have a higher risk of having a stroke yourself

Factors that can be managed with medical treatment and/or adjusted lifestyle:

  high blood pressure
  diabetes mellitus
  cigarette smoking
  previous mini-stroke (TIA)
  high cholesterol
  obesity
  heart disease