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Hypertension is the most important risk factor for stroke, especially in African-Americans. Improved control of high blood pressure nationwide is a key factor in the recent dramatic decline in stroke frequency, most notably in African-American women. Hypertension control programs must be adequately
There is an excess burden of cerebrovascular disease in African Americans. This article will define possible reasons for excess stroke risk, review racial differences in stroke subtype and stroke prevention programs in the African American Community, and delineate sequelae of stroke. The authors
Stroke is increasingly becoming a major cause of death and morbidity in African population among most of which the frequencies of hypertension are considerable, although hard data based on community surveys are lacking and most of the information available is from hospital data. The epidemiology of
About 85% of strokes in the U.S. occur in people over 65 years of age. As such, stroke is the third leading cause of death, and stroke management and prevention are important topics in geriatric cardiology. Approximately 50%-80% of strokes are preventable. Therefore, treatable stroke risk factors
The relative contributions of racial and geographic factors to higher risk of stroke in people of African ancestry have not been unraveled. We compared stroke type and contributions of vascular risk factors among indigenous Africans (IA), African Americans (AA), and European Americans (EA).
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BACKGROUND
The pattern of pediatric stroke displays ethnic and geographical variations. There are few reports from black Sub-Saharan Africa, although relevant data are important in prevention, clinical diagnosis, treatment and prognostication.
OBJECTIVE
To describe subtypes, risk factors,
OBJECTIVE
The stroke mortality rate for African Americans aged 45 to 64 years is 3 to 4 times higher than for whites of the same age, with a decreasing black-to-white mortality ratio with increasing age. There is also a "STROKE BELT" with higher stroke mortality in the southeastern United States.
BACKGROUND
Stroke incidence and mortality are disproportionately higher among African Americans than among whites.
OBJECTIVE
To describe the recurrent stroke characteristics and determine the predictability of known vascular risk factors for stroke recurrence in African Americans.
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The
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this study was to explore the perceptions of African American women about stroke and examine their health information seeking practices outside of medical encounters.
METHODS
An exploratory-descriptive qualitative study was conducted with 48 women of age 35 years and older
The frequency of stroke and stroke-associated mortality are higher in Blacks than in other races. Several of the known risk factors for stroke, such as hypertension, diabetes and obesity, are more common in Blacks than Whites, and sickle-cell disease and HIV infection are stroke risk factors with
BACKGROUND
African American women exhibit low stroke awareness and may benefit from experiential and lay language description of stroke symptoms.
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The purpose of this pilot study was to examine the effect of an online stroke preparedness intervention for identification of stroke symptoms
BACKGROUND
The objective of the study was to examine the association of the stroke-related mortality with gender, age, ethnicity, social class, blood pressure, fibrinogen, selected clinical data and meteorologic parameters in hospitalized Africans.
METHODS
A series of 1032 consecutively hospitalized
African Americans have a higher burden of hypertension, more severe blood pressure (BP) elevations, more concurrent risk-enhancing co-morbidities (e.g., diabetes), sub-clinical vascular injury at lower non-hypertensive BP levels, lower BP control rates, and significantly greater risk for adverse