Racial differences in recurrent ischemic stroke risk and recurrent stroke case fatality
dc.contributor.author | Albright, Karen C. | |
dc.contributor.author | Huang, Lei | |
dc.contributor.author | Blackburn, Justin | |
dc.contributor.author | Howard, George | |
dc.contributor.author | Mullen, Michael | |
dc.contributor.author | Bittner, Vera | |
dc.contributor.author | Muntner, Paul | |
dc.contributor.author | Howard, Virginia | |
dc.contributor.department | Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-02-26T16:22:15Z | |
dc.date.available | 2024-02-26T16:22:15Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018 | |
dc.description.abstract | Objective: To determine black-white differences in 1-year recurrent stroke and 30-day case fatality after a recurrent stroke in older US adults. Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study using a 5% random sample of Medicare beneficiaries with fee-for-service health insurance coverage who were hospitalized for ischemic stroke between 1999 and 2013. Hazard ratios for recurrent ischemic stroke and risk ratios for 30-day case fatality comparing blacks to whites were calculated with adjustment for demographics, risk factors, and competing risk of death when appropriate. Results: Among 128,789 Medicare beneficiaries having an ischemic stroke (mean age 80 years [SD 8 years], 60.4% male), 11.1% were black. The incidence rate of recurrent ischemic stroke per 1,000 person-years for whites and blacks was 108 (95% confidence interval [CI], 106-111) and 154 (95% CI 147-162) , respectively. The multivariable-adjusted hazard ratio for recurrent stroke among blacks compared with whites was 1.36 (95% CI 1.29-1.44). The case fatality after recurrent stroke for blacks and whites was 21% (95% CI 21%-22%) and 16% (95% CI 15%-18%), respectively. The multivariable-adjusted relative risk for mortality within 30 days of a recurrent stroke among blacks compared with whites was 0.82 (95% CI 0.73-0.93). Conclusion: The risk of stroke recurrence among older Americans hospitalized for ischemic stroke is higher for blacks compared to whites, while 30-day case fatality after recurrent stroke remains lower for blacks. | |
dc.eprint.version | Final published version | |
dc.identifier.citation | Albright KC, Huang L, Blackburn J, et al. Racial differences in recurrent ischemic stroke risk and recurrent stroke case fatality. Neurology. 2018;91(19):e1741-e1750. doi:10.1212/WNL.0000000000006467 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1805/38660 | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | Wolters Kluwer | |
dc.relation.isversionof | 10.1212/WNL.0000000000006467 | |
dc.relation.journal | Neurology | |
dc.rights | Publisher Policy | |
dc.source | PMC | |
dc.subject | Medicare | |
dc.subject | Stroke | |
dc.subject | Recurrence | |
dc.title | Racial differences in recurrent ischemic stroke risk and recurrent stroke case fatality | |
dc.type | Article | |
ul.alternative.fulltext | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6251602/ |