Regional Differences in Diabetes as a Possible Contributor to the Geographic Disparity in Stroke Mortality | Zendy

Jenifer H. Voeks | Zendy; Leslie A. McClure | Zendy; Rodney C.P. Go | Zendy; Ronald J. Prineas | Zendy; Mary Cushman | Zendy; Brett Kissela | Zendy; Jeffrey M. Roseman | Zendy

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Regional Differences in Diabetes as a Possible Contributor to the Geographic Disparity in Stroke Mortality

Author(s) -

Jenifer H. Voeks,

Leslie A. McClure,

Rodney C.P. Go,

Ronald J. Prineas,

Mary Cushman,

Brett Kissela,

Jeffrey M. Roseman

Publication year - 2008

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/strokeaha.107.507053

Subject(s) - medicine , stroke (engine) , diabetes mellitus , demography , population , socioeconomic status , cohort , obesity , odds , gerontology , environmental health , logistic regression , mechanical engineering , sociology , engineering , endocrinology

Diabetes and hypertension impart approximately the same increased relative risk for stroke, although hypertension has a larger population-attributable risk because of its higher population prevalence. With a growing epidemic of obesity and associated increasing prevalence of diabetes that disproportionately impacts the southeastern Stroke Belt states, any potential contribution of diabetes to the geographic disparity in stroke mortality will only increase.

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