Stroke is the leading cause of death in many countries of Latin America. Population studies are necessary in this region. Objectives: To evaluate the prevalence of stroke and its risk factors in a population of vulnerable communities of southern Brazil. Methods: Population-based crosssectional study with systematic sampling. Individuals aged 20 and over were included (n=3,391). Individuals with previous diagnosis of stroke or identified by a validate stroke questionnaire were compared with those without stroke in many variables. Results: 285 individuals (8.4%) had previous stroke. The group without stroke showed greater average of years of study than the group with stroke (p≪0.001). Multivariable analysis identified as risk facto...
Background Brazil has one of the highest stroke mortality rates in the world, these rates are most e...
Background and Purpose-Stroke is the leading cause of death in Brazil. This community-based study as...
The aim of this study was to compare the demographic factors and the risk indicators for the occurre...
Stroke is the leading cause of death in many countries of Latin America. Population studies are nece...
Background: There have been few population based studies on stroke risk factors and prognosis conduc...
Background: There have been few population-based studies on stroke risk factors and prognosis conduc...
A doença cerebrovascular é a maior causa de morte e uma grande causa de incapacidades no Brasil. A t...
Background: Studying stroke rates in a whole community is a rational way to assess the quality of pa...
Background: Risk factors for ischemic stroke are mostly known, but it is still unclear in most count...
BackgroundStroke is the second leading cause of death in Brazil. The social and financial burden of ...
Background Stroke is the second leading cause of death and disability around the world. O...
ABSTRACT- Knowledge of the population in regards to stroke has clinical and epidemiological impor-ta...
BACKGROUND: Risk factors for ischemic stroke are mostly known, but it is still unclear in most count...
Risk factors for ischemic stroke are mostly known, but it is still unclear in most countries, what a...
INTRODUCTION: An ischemic stroke is usually a catastrophic event, mostly in the elderly. Cardiovascu...
Background Brazil has one of the highest stroke mortality rates in the world, these rates are most e...
Background and Purpose-Stroke is the leading cause of death in Brazil. This community-based study as...
The aim of this study was to compare the demographic factors and the risk indicators for the occurre...
Stroke is the leading cause of death in many countries of Latin America. Population studies are nece...
Background: There have been few population based studies on stroke risk factors and prognosis conduc...
Background: There have been few population-based studies on stroke risk factors and prognosis conduc...
A doença cerebrovascular é a maior causa de morte e uma grande causa de incapacidades no Brasil. A t...
Background: Studying stroke rates in a whole community is a rational way to assess the quality of pa...
Background: Risk factors for ischemic stroke are mostly known, but it is still unclear in most count...
BackgroundStroke is the second leading cause of death in Brazil. The social and financial burden of ...
Background Stroke is the second leading cause of death and disability around the world. O...
ABSTRACT- Knowledge of the population in regards to stroke has clinical and epidemiological impor-ta...
BACKGROUND: Risk factors for ischemic stroke are mostly known, but it is still unclear in most count...
Risk factors for ischemic stroke are mostly known, but it is still unclear in most countries, what a...
INTRODUCTION: An ischemic stroke is usually a catastrophic event, mostly in the elderly. Cardiovascu...
Background Brazil has one of the highest stroke mortality rates in the world, these rates are most e...
Background and Purpose-Stroke is the leading cause of death in Brazil. This community-based study as...
The aim of this study was to compare the demographic factors and the risk indicators for the occurre...