Neighborhood Cohesion Is Associated With Reduced Risk of Stroke Mortality
Author(s) -
Cari J. Clark,
Hongfei Guo,
Scott Lunos,
Neelum T. Aggarwal,
Todd Beck,
Denis A. Evans,
Carlos F. Mendes de Leon,
Susan A. EversonRose
Publication year - 2011
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.110.609164
Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , stroke (engine) , demography , socioeconomic status , proportional hazards model , gerontology , confidence interval , incidence (geometry) , population , environmental health , mechanical engineering , physics , optics , sociology , engineering
Greater social cohesion is related to lower rates of coronary heart disease, but its relation to stroke risk is unstudied. This study examined whether neighborhood social cohesion was protective against stroke mortality and incidence.
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