Differences in Multiple Risk Factors Between Black and White Individuals With Young-Onset Ischemic Stroke.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Stroke in young adults constitutes 15%-18% of all ischemic stroke cases. Black individuals have an excess risk of ischemic stroke especially in young adults. Although it is known that Black patients have a higher prevalence of hypertension and diabetes, few studies have addressed the association of concurrent multiple vascular risk factors with the excess risk of early-onset stroke among Black individuals.

Methods

A population-based case-control study of early-onset ischemic stroke, ages 15-49 years, was conducted in the Baltimore-Washington DC region between 1992 and 2007. Presence of the risk factors of obesity, hypertension, diabetes, and current smoking were obtained from both cases and controls by an in-person interview. Risk factor groups were

SUBMITTER: Mehndiratta P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9442621 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature