Stroke disparities in older americans: Is wealth a more powerful indicator of risk than income and education?

Stroke

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1533-1540

  Avendano, Mauricio ^a,b   Glymour, M Maria ^c,d  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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

^c Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Education; Income; Socioeconomic factors; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STROKE; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; INCIDENCE; LIFESTYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INCOME; LIFE STYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44449100766     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.490383     Document Type: Article

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