Socioeconomic Differences in Stroke Among Dutch Elderly Women
Author(s) -
Caroline van Rossum,
H. van de Mheen,
Monique M.B. Breteler,
Diederick E. Grobbee,
Johan P. Mackenbach
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/01.str.30.2.357
Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , medicine , stroke (engine) , demography , risk factor , incidence (geometry) , cross sectional study , gerontology , population , environmental health , pathology , mechanical engineering , physics , optics , sociology , engineering
We sought to assess the association between socioeconomic status and the risk of stroke among elderly women. Methods--The association between socioeconomic status and stroke emerged in cross-sectional and longitudinal data on 4274 female participants of the Rotterdam Study, a prospective, population-based, follow-up study in the Netherlands among older subjects.
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