Stroke in the Lehigh Valley: combined risk factors for recurrent ischemic stroke.

Publication/Presentation Date

5-1-1989

Abstract

We used the Lehigh Valley Stroke Register and a logistic regression model for the odds ratio to study the relative contribution of several factors, considered jointly, to the risk of recurrent ischemic stroke. The factors were hypertension (HT), transient ischemic attack (TIA), myocardial infarction (MI), other heart diseases (OHD), diabetes mellitus (DM), age, and sex. Among these factors MI, OHD, and TIA constituted significantly greater risk than HTN, DM, age, or sex for ischemic stroke recurrence.

Volume

39

Issue

5

First Page

669

Last Page

672

ISSN

0028-3878

Disciplines

Community Health and Preventive Medicine | Health Services Research | Medicine and Health Sciences

PubMedID

2710358

Department(s)

Department of Community Health and Health Studies

Document Type

Article

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