Socioeconomic status and stroke incidence in the US elderly: The role of risk factors in the EPESE study

Stroke

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1368-1373

  Avendano, Mauricio ^a,c   Kawachi, Ichiro ^b   Lenthe, Frank Van ^a   Boshuizen, Hendriek C ^c   Mackenbach, Johan P ^a   Van Den Bos, G A M ^d   Fay, Martha E ^b   Berkman, Lisa F ^b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aged; Psychology; Social class; Stroke; United States

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES CONTROL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EVALUATION; FATALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCOME; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SAMPLE; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STROKE; SURVIVAL; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGING; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DEPRESSION; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INCOME; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745130408     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000221702.75002.66     Document Type: Article

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