Persistent sex disparity in midlife stroke prevalence in the United States

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 322-328

  Towfighi, Amytis ^a,d   Markovic, Daniela ^b   Ovbiagele, Bruce ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d RANCHO LOS AMIGOS NATIONAL REHABILITATION CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Midlife stroke prevalence; National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey; Sex disparity

Indexed keywords

HOMOCYSTEINE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEART INFARCTION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBID OBESITY; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STROKE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UNITED STATES; VALIDITY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650891114     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000321503     Document Type: Article

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