The relationship of income on stroke incidence in Finland and China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Stroke incidence has continued to increase recently in most countries. The roles of individual-level income on the incidence of overall stroke and its subtypes are still unknown, especially in low- and middle-income countries and the cross-national evidence is also limited. We explored the association between individual-level income and stroke incidence in Finland and China.

Methods

Changde Social Health Insurance Database (N=571 843) and Finnish population register (N=4 046 205) data were used to calculate standard stroke incidence rates, which were employed to assess the absolute incidence difference between income quintiles. Cox regression was used to compare income differences in first-ever stroke incidence.

Results

The highest income quintile had lower

SUBMITTER: Yao H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10234641 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature