Population
1626 patients with first-in-a-lifetime stroke from a defined multiethnic inner city population
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
up to 5 years
Authors
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High 5-year recurrence and mortality risks persist after stroke; leaves open better identification of modifiable factors beyond conventional risks.
Stroke recurrence is multifactorial, with subtypes often changing between index and recurrent events, and most recurrences remain unexplained by conventional risk factors.
Hillen et al. (2003) studied this question.
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