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Published on: September 22, 2012
Intracerebral hemorrhage location and outcome among INTERACT2 participants
Candice Delcourt1, Shoichiro Sato1, Shihong Zhang1
1From The George Institute for Global Health and The University of Sydney (C.D., S.S., E.C.S., D.Z., X.C., M.L.H., E.H., R.I.L., J.C., C.S.A.); Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (C.D., L.D., J.C., C.S.A.), Camperdown, Australia; National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center (S.S.), Osaka, Japan; Department of Neurology (S.Z.), West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu; Oslo University Hospital (C.S.), Norway; The University of Central Lancashire (M.L.H.), UK; Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health (H.A.), Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University; Center for Cohort Studies (J.H.), Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan; Division of Clinical Neurosciences (R.A.-S.S.), Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh; Department of Cardiovascular Sciences and NIHR Biomedical Research Unit for Cardiovascular Diseases (T.R.), University of Leicester, UK; Clínica Alemana de Santiago (P.M.L.), Facultad de Medicina Clinica Alemana Universidad del Desarrollo; Facultad de Medicina (P.M.L.), Universidad de Chile, Santiago; Westmead Hospital Clinical School (R.I.L.), Westmead, Australia; Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CRCHUM) (C.S.), Département de Neurosciences, Université de Montréal, Canada; and The George Institute China (C.S.A.), Peking University Health Sciences Center, Beijing, China.
Objective:
To clarify associations between intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) location and clinical outcomes among participants of the main phase Intensive Blood Pressure Reduction in Acute Cerebral Hemorrhage Trial (INTERACT2).
Methods:
Associations between ICH sites and poor outcomes (death [6] or major disability [3-5] of modified Rankin Scale) and European Quality of Life Scale (EQ-5D) utility scores at 90 days were assessed in logistic regression models.
Results:
Of 2,066 patients included in the analyses, associations were identified between ICH sites and poor outcomes: involvement of posterior limb of internal capsule increased risks of death or major disability (odds ratio [OR] 2.10) and disability (OR 1.81); thalamic involvement increased risks of death or major disability (OR 2.24) and death (OR 1.97). Involvement of the posterior limb of the internal capsule, thalamus, and infratentorial sites were each associated with poor EQ-5D utility score (≤0.7 [median]; OR 1.87, 2.14, and 2.81, respectively). Posterior limb of internal capsule involvement was strongly associated with low scores across all health-related quality of life domains. ICH encompassing the thalamus and posterior limb of internal capsule were associated with death or major disability, major disability, and poor EQ-5D utility score (OR 1.72, 2.26, and 1.71, respectively).
Conclusion:
Poor clinical outcomes are related to ICH affecting the posterior limb of internal capsule, thalamus, and infratentorial sites. The highest association with death or major disability and poor EQ-5D utility score was seen in ICH encompassing the thalamus and posterior limb of internal capsule.
Clinicaltrialsgov Registration:
NCT00716079.
