Impact of Multiple Social Determinants of Health on Incident Stroke.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

Social determinants of health (SDOH) have been previously associated with incident stroke. Although SDOH often cluster within individuals, few studies have examined associations between incident stroke and multiple SDOH within the same individual. The objective was to determine the individual and cumulative effects of SDOH on incident stroke.

Methods

This study included 27 813 participants from the REGARDS (Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke) Study, a national, representative, prospective cohort of black and white adults aged ≥45 years. SDOH was the primary exposure. The main outcome was expert adjudicated incident stroke. Cox proportional hazards models examined associations between incident stroke and SDOH, individually and as a

SUBMITTER: Reshetnyak E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9264323 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature