Gender Differences in Stroke Incidence and Poststroke Disability in the Framingham Heart Study
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Abstract
Methods
Participants in the Framingham Original (n=5119; 2829 women) and Offspring (n=4957, 2565 women) cohorts who were 45 years and stroke-free were followed to first incident stroke. Gender-specific outcome measures were adjusted for the Framingham Stroke Risk Profile components.
Results
We observed 1136 incident strokes (638 in women) over 56 years of follow-up. Women were significantly (P
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- Medicine
- Stroke (engine)
- Framingham Heart Study
- Incidence (geometry)
- Physical therapy
- Internal medicine
- Cardiology
- Physical medicine and rehabilitation
UN Sustainable Development Goals
- No poverty
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