The 5th Kuopio Stroke Symposium

Are the Observed Differences Real?

Background and Purpose: We sought to find an explanation for the geographical variation in the incidence of nonfatal stroke detected in the FINMONICA stroke register during the period 1983-1985. Methods: Two separate investigations were made. In the first, a sample of approximately 100 nonfatal events drawn from each of the three monitoring areas (North Karelia, Kuopio, and Turku/Loimaa) partic...

Postmenopausal hormone therapy and Alzheimer disease

OBJECTIVE To explore the association between postmenopausal hormone therapy (HT) and Alzheimer disease (AD). METHODS Twenty-year follow-up data from the Kuopio Osteoporosis Risk Factor and Prevention study cohort were used. Self-administered questionnaires were sent to all women aged 47-56 years, residing in Kuopio Province starting in 1989 until 2009, every 5th year. Register-based informati...

The Second Kuopio Alzheimer Symposium

Differences in aneurysm and patient characteristics between cohorts of Finnish and Dutch patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage: time trends between 1986 and 2005.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The high incidence of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH) in Finland may be related to genetic or environmental factors, which may also influence patient and aneurysm characteristics. We compared these characteristics in 2 cohorts in Finland (Kuopio) and the Netherlands (Utrecht). METHODS For aSAH patients in Kuopio (n=1786) and Utrecht (n=1788), we compared sex, ...

Parameterized and Exact Computation - 5th International Symposium, IPEC 2010, Chennai, India, December 13-15, 2010. Proceedings

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