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To determine the absolute and relative risks of long-term mortality in an unselected community cohort of patients following a first-ever stroke.

June 1, 1993StrokeOpen Access

Long-term survival after first-ever stroke: the Oxfordshire Community Stroke Project.

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To determine the absolute and relative risks of long-term mortality in an unselected community cohort of patients following a first-ever stroke.
Prospective community-based stroke register cohort of 675 patients in the Oxfordshire Community Stroke Project followed for up to 6.5 years.
Calculated relative risks of death benchmarked against age- and sex-specific general population mortality rates for Oxfordshire.
Early mortality within 30 days of stroke was 19% (129 of 675 patients).
Thirty-day survivors experienced an average annual mortality rate of 9.1%, representing a 2.3-fold higher risk than the general population, with annual relative risks ranging between 1.1 and 2.9 over follow-up.
Initial 30-day mortality was driven predominantly by stroke, whereas nonstroke cardiovascular disease became the leading cause of death after the first year.

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Prospective cohort study demonstrates elevated long-term mortality after first-ever stroke, highlighting the need for sustained cardiovascular prevention.

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Dennis et al. (1993) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a10565c5725bbd5cc60decb https://doi.org/10.1161/01.str.24.6.796

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Prospective cohort study demonstrates elevated long-term mortality after first-ever stroke, highlighting the need for sustained cardiovascular prevention.

Long-term survival after first-ever stroke: the Oxfordshire Community Stroke Project.

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Long-term survival after first-ever stroke: the Oxfordshire Community Stroke Project.

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