منابع مشابه
Sex, ethnicity, and stroke.
T he social and economic costs of stroke in minority populations are projected to have an enormous increase over the next decades.1 In this issue of the American Journal of Hypertension, Lisabeth et al. evaluated the burden of stroke in Mexican-American (MA) and nonHispanic white (NHW) women in the Brain Attack Surveillance in Corpus Christi Project.2 Although an excess of stroke risk in MAs ha...
متن کاملSex differences in US mortality rates for stroke and stroke subtypes by race/ethnicity and age, 1995-1998.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Ischemic stroke accounts for 70% to 80% of all strokes, but intracerebral and subarachnoid hemorrhagic strokes have greater fatality. Age-standardized death rates from overall stroke are higher among men than women, but little is known about sex differences in stroke subtype mortality by race/ethnicity. METHODS We analyzed 1995 to 1998 national death certificate data to...
متن کاملThe role of ethnicity, sex, and language on delay to hospital arrival for acute ischemic stroke.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Use of emergency medical services has been shown to decrease transport and triage times for stroke. Mexican Americans and women experience a large stroke burden. The objective of this study was to compare time to hospital arrival and emergency medical services use for stroke care by ethnicity, sex, and language preference among Mexican American and non-Hispanic white isch...
متن کاملEthnicity in stroke: practical implications.
To the Editor: I read with interest the editorial of Drs Fustinoni and Biller on ethnicity and stroke.1 The authors give several examples to demonstrate the dark side of “ethnicity” as an epidemiological variable. I agree that ethnicity is a complex, inherently heterogeneous concept influenced by different cultural and socioeconomic factors.2 The authors make the point that ethnicity is neither...
متن کاملEthnicity in Stroke: Practical Implications
To the Editor: I read with interest the editorial of Drs Fustinoni and Biller on ethnicity and stroke.1 The authors give several examples to demonstrate the dark side of “ethnicity” as an epidemiological variable. I agree that ethnicity is a complex, inherently heterogeneous concept influenced by different cultural and socioeconomic factors.2 The authors make the point that ethnicity is neither...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Hypertension
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0895-7061,1941-7225
DOI: 10.1038/ajh.2008.187