Diabetes mellitus: a risk factor for ischemic stroke in a large biracial population.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

We previously reported increased incidence of ischemic stroke among both blacks and whites with diabetes mellitus, especially in those aged <55 years. With rising prevalence of diabetes mellitus in the past decade, we revisit the impact of diabetes mellitus on stroke incidence in the same population (≈1.3 million) 5 and 10 years later.

Methods

This is a population-based study. First ischemic strokes among black and white residents of the 5-county Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky region, aged ≥ 20 years, for periods 7/1993 to 6/1994, 1999, and 2005, were included in this analysis. Incidence rates were adjusted for sex, race, and age, as appropriate, to the 2000 US population.

Results

History of diabetes mellitus among first ischemic strokes w

SUBMITTER: Khoury JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3746032 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature