Open AccessPrevalence of Stroke and Its Risk Factors in Urban Sri Lanka
Author(s) -
Thashi Chang,
Seneth Gajasinghe,
Carukshi Arambepola
Publication year - 2015
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.115.010203
Subject(s) - medicine , stroke (engine) , population , diabetes mellitus , risk factor , demography , cross sectional study , confidence interval , sri lanka , pediatrics , environmental health , mechanical engineering , ethnology , south asia , pathology , sociology , engineering , history , endocrinology
Stroke is a leading cause of disability and death worldwide. In the absence of published population-based prevalence data, we investigated the prevalence and risk factors of stroke in a population of varying urbanization in Sri Lanka.
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