Spatial distribution and differences of stroke occurrence in the Rhone department of France (STROKE 69 cohort).

ABSTRACT: In France, 110,000 patients are admitted to hospital per year for stroke. Even though the relationship between stroke and risk factors such as low socio-economic status is well known, research in the spatial distribution (SD) of stroke as a contributing risk factor is less documented. Understanding the geographic differences of the disease may improve stroke prevention. In this study, a statistical spatial analysis was performed using a French cohort (STROKE 69) to describe spatial inequalities in the occurrence of stroke. STROKE 69 was a cohort study of 3,442 patients, conducted in the Rhône department of France, from November 2015 to December 2016. The cohort included all consecutive patients aged 18 years or older, with a likelihood of acute stroke within 24 hours of symptoms onset. Pat

SUBMITTER: Freyssenge J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7303109 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature