Differences in the role of black race and stroke risk factors for first vs. recurrent stroke.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess whether black race and other cerebrovascular risk factors have a differential effect on first vs. recurrent stroke events.

Methods

Estimate the differences in the magnitude of the association of demographic (age, back race, sex) or stroke risk factors (hypertension, diabetes, cigarette smoking, atrial fibrillation, left ventricular hypertrophy, or heart disease) for first vs. recurrent stroke from a longitudinal cohort study of 29,682 black or white participants aged 45 years and older.

Results

Over an average 6.8 years follow-up, 301 of 2,993 participants with a previous stroke at baseline had a recurrent stroke, while 818 of 26,689 participants who were stroke-free at baseline had a first stroke. Among those stroke-free at baseline, there was an

SUBMITTER: Howard G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4762422 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature