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Prevalence and Correlates of Silent Cerebral Infarcts in the Framingham Offspring Study
Author(s) -
Rohit Das,
Sudha Seshadri,
Alexa S. Beiser,
Margaret KellyHayes,
Rhoda Au,
Jayandra J. Himali,
Carlos S. Kase,
Emelia J. Benjamin,
Joseph F. Polak,
Christopher J. O’Donnell,
Mitsuhiro Yoshita,
Ralph B. D’Agostino,
Charles DeCarli,
Philip A. Wolf
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.108.516575
Subject(s) - medicine , offspring , stroke (engine) , framingham risk score , framingham heart study , quartile , logistic regression , cardiology , disease , pregnancy , confidence interval , mechanical engineering , genetics , engineering , biology
Previous estimates of the prevalence of silent cerebral infarction (SCI) on MRI in community-based samples have varied between 5.8% and 17.7% depending on age, ethnicity, presence of comorbidities, and imaging techniques. We document the prevalence and risk factors associated with SCI at midlife in the community-based Framingham sample.

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