Adverse stroke outcomes amongst UK ethnic minorities: a multi-centre registry-based cohort study of acute stroke.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Socioeconomic and health inequalities persist in multicultural western countries. Here, we compared outcomes following an acute stroke amongst ethnic minorities with Caucasian patients.

Methods

Data were prospectively collected (2014-2016) from the Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme for 3309 patients who were admitted with an acute stroke in four UK hyperacute stroke units. Associations between variables were examined by chi-squared tests and multivariable logistic regression, adjusted for age, sex, prestroke functional limitations and co-morbidities, presented as odds ratios (OR) with 95% CI.

Results

There were 3046 Caucasian patients, 95 from ethnic minorities (mostly South Asians, Blacks, mixed race and a few in other ethnic groups) and 168 not stat

SUBMITTER: Fluck D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9891657 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature