Traditional Risk Factors as the Underlying Cause of Racial Disparities in Stroke
Author(s) -
George Howard,
Mary Cushman,
Brett Kissela,
Dawn Kleindorfer,
Leslie A. McClure,
Monika M. Safford,
J. Rhodes,
Elsayed Z. Soliman,
Claudia S. Moy,
Suzanne E. Judd,
Virginia J. Howard
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.111.625277
Subject(s) - medicine , stroke (engine) , socioeconomic status , demography , mediation , blood pressure , risk factor , incidence (geometry) , absolute risk reduction , attributable risk , racial differences , relative risk , epidemiology , population , confidence interval , environmental health , ethnic group , mechanical engineering , physics , optics , sociology , political science , law , anthropology , engineering
Black/white disparities in stroke incidence are well documented, but few studies have assessed the contributions to the disparity. Here we assess the contribution of "traditional" risk factors.
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