作者: J. Robin Moon , Benjamin D. Capistrant , Ichiro Kawachi , Mauricio Avendaño , S.V. Subramanian
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.111.643700
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摘要: Background and Purpose—Although Hispanics are the fastest growing ethnic group in United States, relatively little is known about stroke risk US Hispanics. We compare incidence socioeconomic predictors US- foreign-born with patterns among non-Hispanic whites. Methods—Health Retirement Study participants aged 50+ years free of 1998 (mean baseline age, 66.3 years) were followed through 2008 for self- or proxy-reported first (n=15 784; 1388 events). used discrete-time survival analysis to US-born (including those who immigrated before age 7 also examined childhood adult characteristics as Hispanics, comparing effect estimates Results—In age- sex-adjusted models, had higher odds onset than whites (OR, 1.44; 95% CI, 1.08–1....