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Family history as a risk factor for early-onset stroke/transient ischemic attack among adults in the United States.

Public health genomics - 1 Jan 2010

Mvundura Mercy, McGruder Henraya, Khoury Muin J, Valdez Rodolfo, Yoon Paula W

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BACKGROUND: Stroke is a major cause of morbidity and death in the United States. We tested the association between familial risk for stroke and prevalence of the disease among US adults and assessed the use of family history of stroke as a risk assessment tool for the disease. METHODS: Using data from the 2005 HealthStyles survey (n = 4,819), we explored the association between familial stroke risk (stratified as...

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PMID: 19307734
DOI: 10.1159/000209879

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