Age- and gender-specific prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in 40 102 patients with first-ever ischemic stroke: A Nationwide Danish Study

Stroke

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2768-2774

  Andersen, Klaus Kaae ^a   Andersen, Zorana Jovanovic ^b   Olsen, Tom Skyhøj ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

^c FREDERIKSBERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

gender; ischemic stroke; prevalence; risk factors

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE REGISTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; STROKE PATIENT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78650420290     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.110.595785     Document Type: Article

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