A prospective study of acute cerebrovascular disease in the community: the Oxfordshire Community Stroke Project 1981-86 1. Methodology, demography and incident cases of first-ever stroke

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 1988, Pages 1373-1380

  Bamford, John ^a   Sandercock, Peter ^a   Dennis, Martin ^a   Warlow, Charles ^a   Jones, Lesley ^b   Mcpherson, Klim ^b   Vessey, Martin ^b   Fowler, Godfrey ^b   Molyneux, Andrew ^b   Hughes, Trevor ^c   Burn, John ^b   Wade, Derick ^b  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b RIVERMEAD REHABILITATION CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Neuropathology ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUTOPSY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; INFANT; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0023770007     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.51.11.1373     Document Type: Review

References (28)

1. Whisnant, J.P.; Fitzgibbon, J.P.; Kurland, L.T.; Sayre, G.P. Natural history of stroke in Rochester, Minnesota: 1945 through 1954 Stroke 1971 2 1 1
2. Matsumoto, N.; Whisnant, J.P.; Kurland, L.T.; Okazaki, H. Natural history of stroke in Rochester, Minnesota: 1955 through 1969: An extension of a previous study, 1945 through 1954 Stroke 1973 10.1161/01.STR.4.1.20 4 20
3. Kannel, W.B.; Wolf, P.A. Epidemiology of cerebrovascular disease 1983 Disease ofthe Central Nervous System
4. Ueda, K.; Omae, T.; Hirota, Y. Decreasing trend in incidence and mortality from stroke in Hisayama residents, Japan Stroke 1981 10.1161/01.STR.12.2.154 12 154
5. Tanaka, H.; Ueda, Y.; Date, H. Incidence of stroke in Shibata, Japan: 1976-1978 Stroke 1981 10.1161/01.STR.12.4.460 12 460
6. Malmgren, R.; Warlow, C.; Bamford, J.; Sandercock, P. Geographical and secular trends in stroke incidence Lancet 1987 1 196
7. Garraway, W.M.; Whisnant, J.P.; Drury, I. The continuing decline in the incidence of stroke. Mayo Clin Proc 1983; 5S8 520
8. In, Acheson E.D. 1967
9. Hatano, S. Experience from a multicentre stroke register: a prliminary report Bull WHO 1976 54 541
10. Warlow, C.P.; Morris, P.J. Introduction 1982 PJ, ads. Transient Ischaemic Attacks
11. Kendall, B.E.; Pullicino, P. Intravascular contrast injection in ischaemic lesions. II. Effect and prognosis Neuroradiology 1980
12. Nic, N.H.; Hull, C.H.; Jenkins, C.G.; Steinbrenner, K.; Brent, D.H. Statistical Packagefor the Social Sciences 1975
13. Miettinin, O.S. Simple interval estimation of risk ratio Am J Epidemiol 1974 100 515
14. Yusuf, S.; Peto, R.; Lewis, J.; Collins, R.; Sleight, P. Beta blockade during and after myocardial infarction: an overview of the randomized trials Prog Cardiovascular Dis 1985 10.1016/S0033-0620(85)80003-7 27 335
15. Carstairs, V. Stroke: resource consumption and the cost to the community Stroke-Proceeifngs of the Ninth International Pfizer Symposium 1976
16. Cartwright, A.; Anderson, R. In: General Practice Revisited 1981
17. Joensen, P. Stroke in an isolated population Acta Med Scand 1982 10.1111/j.0954-6820.1982.tb03220.x 212 309
18. Sheldon, M.G.; Rector, A.L.; Barnes, P.A. The accuracy of age-sex registers in general practice. JR Coll Gen Pract 1984 34 269
19. Abu-Zheid, H.A.H.; Choi, N.W.; Nelson, N.A. Epidemiologic features ofcerebrovasculardisease in Manitoba: incidence by age, sex and residence with etiologic implications Can Med Assoc J 1975 113 379
20. Bamford, J.; Sandercock, P.; Warlow, C.; Gray, M. Why are patients with acute stroke admitted to hospital? The experience of the Oxfordshire Community Stroke Project. Br Med J 1986 292 1369
21. Cochrane, A.L. Burden ofcerebrovascular disease Br Med J 1970 10.1136/bmj.3.5718.347-d 274 347
22. Hewer, R.L. Stroke rehabilitation ofthe Ninth International Pfizer Symposium 1976
23. Aho, K.; Harmsen, P.; Hatano, S.; Marquardsen, J.; Smimov, V.E.; Strasser, T. Cerebrovascular disease in the community: results of the WHO Collaborative Study Bull WHO 1980 58 113
24. Bonita, R.; Beaglehole, R.; North, J.D.K. Event, incidence and case fatality rates of cerebrovascular disease in Auckland, New Zealand. Am JEpidemiol 1984 120 236
25. Dennis, M.S.; Bamford, J.M.; Warlow, C.P. Strokes amongst black people in Harare, Zimbabwe (letter) Br Med J 1986 10.1136/bmj.293.6539.134 293 134
26. Harrison, M.J.G. Clinical distinction of cerebral haemorrhage and cerebral infarction Postgrad Med J 1980 10.1136/pgmj.56.659.629 56 629
27. Allen, C.M.C. Clinical diagnosis of the acute stroke syndrome Q J Med 1983 52 515
28. Sandercock, P.; Molyneux, A.; Warlow, C. Value of computed tomography in patients with stroke: The Oxfordshire Community Stroke Project Br MedJ 1985 10.1136/bmj.290.6463.193 290 193