Racial differences in recurrent ischemic stroke risk and recurrent stroke case fatality.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine black-white differences in 1-year recurrent stroke and 30-day case fatality after a recurrent stroke in older US adults.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective cohort study using a 5% random sample of Medicare beneficiaries with fee-for-service health insurance coverage who were hospitalized for ischemic stroke between 1999 and 2013. Hazard ratios for recurrent ischemic stroke and risk ratios for 30-day case fatality comparing blacks to whites were calculated with adjustment for demographics, risk factors, and competing risk of death when appropriate.

Results

Among 128,789 Medicare beneficiaries having an ischemic stroke (mean age 80 years [SD 8 years], 60.4% male), 11.1% were black. The incidence rate of recurrent ischemic stroke per 1,000 person

SUBMITTER: Albright KC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6251602 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature