A comparative analysis of risk factors for stroke in blacks and whites: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Previous studies have speculated that the higher stroke incidence rate (IR) in blacks compared with whites may be due, in part, to stroke risk factors exerting a more adverse effect among blacks than whites. To determine whether such racial differences exist we compared the prospective associations between novel, traditional, and emerging stroke risk factors in blacks and whites.

Design

Baseline characteristics on risk factor levels were obtained on 15,407 participants from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. Stroke incidence was ascertained from 1987 to 2008. Adjusted Cox proportional hazard models were used to compute hazard ratios (HRs) and their 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for stroke in relation to stroke risk factor levels stratified by race.

SUBMITTER: Huxley RR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4029919 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature