Stroke and the "Stroke Belt" in Dialysis: Contribution of Patient Characteristics to Ischemic Stroke Rate and Its Geographic Variation

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2053-2061

  Wetmore, James B ^a,b   Ellerbeck, Edward F ^c   Mahnken, Jonathan D ^c   Phadnis, Milind A ^c   Rigler, Sally K ^c,d   Spertus, John A ^e   Zhou, Xinhua ^c   Mukhopadhyay, Purna ^c   Shireman, Theresa I ^b,c  

^a Division of Nephrology   (United States)

^b Kidney Institute   (United States)

^c Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICARE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ETHNIC GROUP; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STROKE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RENAL DIALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84889067558     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: 15333450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1681/ASN.2012111077     Document Type: Article

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