Estimated 10-year Stroke Risk by Region and Race in the United States: Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke Risk

OBJECTIVE: African-Americans under age 75 have over twice the risk of stroke death than whites in the United States. Regardless of race, stroke death is ~50% higher in the “Stroke Belt” and “Stroke Buckle” states of the Southeastern United States. We assessed geographic and racial differences in est...

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Auteurs principaux: Cushman, Mary, Cantrell, Ronald A., McClure, Leslie A, Howard, George, Prineas, Ronald J., Moy, Claudia S., Temple, Ella M., Howard, Virginia J.
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Langue:Inglês
Publié: 2008
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Accès en ligne:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2802965/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19067365
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ana.21493
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