Walking speed and risk of incident ischemic stroke among postmenopausal women

Stroke

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1233-1239

  McGinn, Aileen P ^a   Kaplan, Robert C ^a   Verghese, Joe ^a   Rosenbaum, Daniel M ^a   Psaty, Bruce M ^c   Baird, Alison E ^d   Lynch, John K ^d   Wolf, Philip A ^d   Kooperberg, Charles ^b   Larson, Joseph C ^b   Wassertheil Smoller, Sylvia ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Physical function; Stroke; Walking speed; Women

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RACE; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST HIP RATIO; WALKING SPEED; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; WALKING;

EID: 41149168805     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.500850     Document Type: Article

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