Stroke associated with diabetes among Canadians: Sex and age differences

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 46-49

  Lin, Mei ^a   Chen, Yue ^a   Sigal, Ronald J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian Community Health Survey; Diabetes; Prevalence, stroke; Stroke; Stroke, age; Stroke, sex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CANADA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33846876723     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000097856     Document Type: Article

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