Sex and Race Differences in the Association of Incident Ischemic Stroke With Risk Factors.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Race-specific and sex-specific stroke risk varies across the lifespan, yet few reports describe sex differences in stroke risk separately in black individuals and white individuals.

Objective

To examine incidence and risk factors for ischemic stroke by sex for black and white individuals.

Design, setting, and participants

This prospective cohort study included participants 45 years and older who were stroke-free from the Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) cohort, enrolled from the continental United States 2003 through 2007 with follow-up through October 2016. Data were analyzed from March 2018 to September 2018.

Exposures

Sex and race.

Main outcomes and measures

Physician-adjudicated incident ischemic stroke, se

SUBMITTER: Howard VJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6439952 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature