ArticleEthnicity & health2014
A comparative analysis of risk factors for stroke in blacks and whites: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study.
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- Incidence of Stroke in People With Diabetes Compared to Those Without Diabetes: A Systematic Review.Experimental and clinical endocrinology & diabetes : official journal, German Society of Endocrinology [and] German Diabetes Association · 2023Pooled it
- Prevalence of stroke and associated risk factors among elderly patients in a primary care setting: A retrospective cohort study.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2025Article
- A cohort study on the relationship between education level and high-risk population of stroke.Ibrain · 2021Article
- Does the Association of Diabetes With Stroke Risk Differ by Age, Race, and Sex? Results From the REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) Study.Diabetes care · 2019Article
- Characteristics and Cardiovascular Disease Event Rates among African Americans and Whites Who Meet the Further Cardiovascular Outcomes Research with PCSK9 Inhibition in Subjects with Elevated Risk (FOURIER) Trial Inclusion Criteria.Cardiovascular drugs and therapy · 2019Article
- Associations of Multimorbid Medical Conditions and Health-Related Quality of Life Among Older African American Men.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2018Article
- Associations of Brain Structure With Adiposity and Changes in Adiposity in a Middle-Aged and Older Biracial Population.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2017Article
- Brain Aging in African-Americans: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Experience.Current Alzheimer research · 2015Article
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Abstract
objectivePrevious studies have speculated that the higher stroke incidence rate (IR) in blacks compared with whites may be due, in part, to stroke risk factors exerting a more adverse effect among blacks than whites. To determine whether such racial differences exist we compared the prospective associations between novel, traditional, and emerging stroke risk factors in blacks and whites.
designBaseline characteristics on risk factor levels were obtained on 15,407 participants from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. Stroke incidence was ascertained from 1987 to 2008. Adjusted Cox proportional hazard models were used to compute hazard ratios (HRs) and their 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for stroke in relation to stroke risk factor levels stratified by race.
resultsDuring follow-up, 988 stroke events occurred: blacks had higher stroke incident rates compared with whites with the greatest difference in those aged <60 years: 4.34, 3.24, 1.20, and 0.84 per 1000 person-years, in black men, black women, white men, and white women, respectively. Associations between risk factors with incident stroke were similar in blacks and whites excluding diabetes which was more strongly associated with the risk of stroke in blacks than in whites: HR 2.54 (95% CI: 2.03-3.18) versus 1.74 (1.37-2.21), respectively; p for race interaction=0.02.
conclusionsAt all ages, blacks are at a considerably higher risk of incident stroke compared with whites, although the effect is most marked in younger age groups. This is most likely due to blacks having a greater burden of stroke risk factors rather than there being any substantial race differences in the associations between risk factors and stroke outcomes.
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