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Higher attack rates for left motor deficit among men with cerebrovascular events

From the Department of Epidemiology (Drs. Devroey, Van Casteren, Van Der Heyden, and Vandenberghe), Scientific Institute Public Health, Brussels; Department of General Practice (Dr. Devroey), University of Brussels, Belgium; Department of General Practice (Dr. Buntinx), Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium; and Department of General Practice (Dr. Buntinx), University of Maastricht, the Netherlands.

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Dirk Devroey, Scientific Institute Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, Juliette Wytsmanstraat 14, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium; e-mail: dirk.devroey{at}iph.fgov.be

The authors report the findings of a prospectively collected database of stroke and TIA recorded from 1998 through 1999 by the 178 family physicians of the Belgian sentinel network. The yearly age-adjusted attack rate per 100,000 men was estimated as 109 (95% CI = 86 to 137) for left motor deficit and 75 (95% CI = 56 to 99) for right motor deficit (p = 0.011). This difference was not observed among women nor in the entire sample population. The authors suggest that handedness should be systematically recorded and compared to both sex and the side of the event.