Stroke risk from multiple risk factors combined with hypertension: A primary care based case-control study in a defined population of northwest England

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 380-388

  Du, Xianglin ^a,b   McNamee, Roseanne ^a   Cruickshank, Kennedy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Case control Study; Hypertension; Risk Factors; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 0033846496     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-2797(00)00062-4     Document Type: Article

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