{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Li Z"],"funding":["Qinghai Provincial Department of Science and Technology"],"pagination":["e065605"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9685268"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["12(11)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background and objectives</h4>The epidemiology of stroke at high altitudes has not been extensively studied, especially at heights of 4000 m and above. Thus, stroke prevention and treatment at high altitudes are challenging. We conducted a cross-sectional study to estimate the prevalence of stroke, the detection rate of individuals at high risk of stroke and the risk factors for stroke in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in China, a high altitude plateau that inhabits approximately 15 million people.<h4>Design</h4>A population-based cross-sectional study in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.<h4>Setting</h4>Data were collected from participants through face-to-face screening using a primary screening table. The table relied on the China National Stroke Screening and Prevention Project.<h4>Participants"],"journal":["BMJ open"],"pubmed_title":["Prevalence of stroke and associated risk factors: a population-based cross-sectional study from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau of China."],"pmcid":["PMC9685268"],"funding_grant_id":["2019-ZJ-7051"],"pubmed_authors":["Li Z","Ji W","Hu Q","Fan Q"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Prevalence of stroke and associated risk factors: a population-based cross-sectional study from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau of China.","description":"<h4>Background and objectives</h4>The epidemiology of stroke at high altitudes has not been extensively studied, especially at heights of 4000 m and above. Thus, stroke prevention and treatment at high altitudes are challenging. We conducted a cross-sectional study to estimate the prevalence of stroke, the detection rate of individuals at high risk of stroke and the risk factors for stroke in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in China, a high altitude plateau that inhabits approximately 15 million people.<h4>Design</h4>A population-based cross-sectional study in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.<h4>Setting</h4>Data were collected from participants through face-to-face screening using a primary screening table. The table relied on the China National Stroke Screening and Prevention Project.<h4>Participants","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Nov","modification":"2025-04-25T21:03:43.753Z","creation":"2025-04-06T08:37:46.18Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9685268","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36414281"],"doi":["10.1136/bmjopen-2022-065605"]}}