Socioeconomic Position and Incidence of Ischemic Stroke in Denmark 2003–2012. A Nationwide Hospital‐Based Study
Autor: | Marianne Steding-Jessen, Klaus Kaae Andersen, Tom Skyhøj Olsen, Susanne Oksbjerg Dalton |
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Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Alcohol Drinking Denmark Brain Ischemia symbols.namesake Risk Factors Diabetes mellitus ischemic stroke Diabetes Mellitus medicine Humans cardiovascular diseases Obesity Myocardial infarction Poisson regression Risk factor Stroke Original Research Aged education business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) Smoking socioeconomic position Atrial fibrillation Middle Aged medicine.disease Hospitals Hospitalization Social Class Relative risk Income symbols Physical therapy Regression Analysis Female Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business disposable income Demography |
Zdroj: | Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease |
ISSN: | 2047-9980 |
Popis: | Background A greater burden of stroke risk factors in general is associated with a higher risk for stroke among people of lower than those of higher socioeconomic position. The relative impact of individual stroke risk factors is still unclear. Methods and Results We studied the relations between socioeconomic position, measured as household income and length of education, and all hospital admissions for a first ischemic stroke among 54 048 people over the age of 40 years in Denmark in 2003–2012 in comparison with the general Danish population (23.5 million person‐years). We also studied the cardiovascular risk factor profile associated with socioeconomic position in stroke patients. Relative risks for stroke were estimated in log‐linear Poisson regression models. The risk for hospitalization for a first ischemic stroke was almost doubled for people in the lowest income group, and the risk of those of working age ( Conclusions In Denmark, there is a strong relation between low socioeconomic position and risk for hospitalization for stroke. Lifestyle, as indicated by smoking, obesity, and alcohol consumption, and diabetes appears to increase the risk for stroke in people with lower socioeconomic position. |
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