Key result
Prior stroke (227% higher risk), high blood pressure (67% higher risk), and atrial fibrillation (58% higher risk) were significant independent predictors of ischemic stroke in elderly Australians.
Population
2,805 men and women aged 60 years and older from the Dubbo Study in Australia.
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
98 months
Authors
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May inform elderly Australian stroke risk stratification; confirms traditional predictors but leaves causal inference open.
Cohort (n=2,805)
In an elderly Australian cohort, ischemic stroke was independently predicted by traditional risk factors as well as novel indicators like impaired peak expiratory flow and depression.
Simons et al. (1998) conducted a cohort in Ischemic stroke (n=2,805). Risk factors (e.g., prior stroke, atrial fibrillation, hypertension) was evaluated on Ischemic stroke event. Prior stroke (227% higher risk), high blood pressure (67% higher risk), and atrial fibrillation (58% higher risk) were significant independent predictors of ischemic stroke in elderly Australians.
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