Vol. 12, Issue 3 (2023)

Objectives: The objective of the study was to find out the premorbid food consumption pattern and associated noncommunicable diseases among the selected ischemic stroke patients.

Methodology: A total of 100 ischemic stroke patients were recruited for the study, food consumption patterns were collected through developed questionnaire, NCD data collected were from medical records, current nutritional status was analysed by recording Body Mass Index. The collected data were processed using frequency tabulation and percentage.

Results: Out of 100 ischemic stroke patients, 75 percent were males. Analysing the age groups, always observed that patients in the age group of 61-70 years were more affected. A combination of hypertension and diabetes (42%) was the major morbidity, followed by 21 percent having diabetes, dyslipidaemia and hypertension combination. The duration of two to three comorbidities ranged from less than 1 year, 52 percent of the ischemic stroke patients were under over weight category and 19 percent was categorized as obese. Poor dietary intake with low frequency of fruits and vegetables and high frequency of cereals, snacks items were reported by 90 percent.

Conclusion: Studied sample of ischemic stroke patients 75 percent were male and 25 percent were female and in all, 45 percent of the total stroke occurs in the age group of 61-70 years. A combination of hypertension and diabetes was identified as predisposed factor for ischemic stroke. Males in the age group of 61-70 years are seen to be more prone to ischemic stroke with comorbidities in varying duration. The study conforms with nutrition related NCDs diabetic mellitus, and dyslipidaemia, hypertension, obesity. The study also revealed that unhealthy dietary practices were more prone in the ischemic stroke patients.