Stroke and (or) myocardial infarction attributable to modifiable risk factors in Henan, China

Estimating population attributable risks of potential modifiable risk factors for stroke and (or) myocardial infarction may be useful for planning cardiovascular disease (CVD) preventive strategies. A population of 17,292 adults aged 18  years and older from a cross-sectional survey was included in the study. The binary logistic regression was used to evaluate the association between risk factors with disease events, then population attributable fraction according to prevalence and odds ratios were calculated to identify and compa re the effects at different subpopulations.

Source: Journal of the American Society of Hypertension - April 3, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Kaiyan Dong, Qian Yang, Fujiao Duan, Shuying Liang, Nan Ma, Wei Nie, Yali Yan, Ye Zhang, Rui Peng, Shuaibing Wang, Chunhua Song, Kaijuan Wang Tags: Research Article Source Type: research