How do American stroke risk functions perform in a Western European population?

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 247-253

  Vokó, Zoltán ^a,b   Hollander, Monika ^a   Koudstaal, Peter J ^a   Hofman, Albert ^a   Breteler, Monique M B ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular disorders; Cohort studies; Risk assessment; Risk factors; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NETHERLANDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4444257985     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000079951     Document Type: Article

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