A growing number of younger U.S. adults are being hospitalized for strokes, and a new study suggests it may be due to more of them having risk factors like high blood pressure, obesity, and diabetes.
The most common type of stroke, known as an ischemic stroke, occurs when a clot blocks an artery carrying blood to the brain. When researchers examined hospital billing data on acute ischemic stroke hospitalizations for adults under age 65 from 2003 to 2012, they found the biggest surge in stroke rates for adults aged 35 to 44.
During the study period, stroke hospitalizations in that age group rose 42 percent for men and 30 percent for women, researchers report in the journal JAMA Neurology.
The most common type of stroke, known as an ischemic stroke, occurs when a clot blocks an artery carrying blood to the brain. BlueRingMedia/Shutterstock
