2024
Racial Disparities in Blood Pressure at Time of Acute Ischemic Stroke Presentation: A Population Study
Aziz Y, Sucharew H, Stanton R, Alwell K, Ferioli S, Khatri P, Adeoye O, Flaherty M, Mackey J, La Rosa F, Martini S, Mistry E, Coleman E, Jasne A, Slavin S, Walsh K, Star M, Ridha M, Ades L, Haverbusch M, Demel S, Woo D, Kissela B, Kleindorfer D. Racial Disparities in Blood Pressure at Time of Acute Ischemic Stroke Presentation: A Population Study. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2024, 13: e032645. PMID: 38700029, PMCID: PMC11179936, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.123.032645.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNational Institutes of Health Stroke Scale scoreWhite patientsStroke Scale scoreAcute ischemic strokeBlood pressureGreater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Stroke StudyDiastolic BPBlack patientsPopulation-based studyStudy epochInfluence clinical decision-makingScale scoreStroke risk factorsPresenting blood pressureIschemic strokeSubanalysis of patientsBody mass indexNational InstituteHistory of hypertensionMultivariate linear regressionClinical trial eligibilityAcute ischemic stroke presentingClinical decision-makingIschemic stroke presentingRacial disparities
2022
Racial Disparities in Stroke Recurrence
Robinson DJ, Stanton R, Sucharew H, Alwell K, Haverbusch M, De Los Rios La Rosa F, Ferioli S, Coleman E, Jasne A, Mackey J, Star M, Mistry EA, Demel S, Slavin S, Walsh K, Woo D, Kissela B, Kleindorfer DO. Racial Disparities in Stroke Recurrence. Neurology 2022, 99: e2464-e2473. PMID: 36041865, PMCID: PMC9728039, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000201225.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTraditional stroke risk factorsStroke risk factorsRisk factorsBlack raceRecurrent strokeStroke recurrenceRecurrence rateHigh riskGreater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky populationBlack individualsStroke/TIA eventsRacial disparitiesStroke recurrence rateMultivariable survival analysisRisk of recurrenceKaplan-Meier estimatesSignificant racial disparitiesTIA eventsIncident strokeSmoking statusVentricular hypertrophyStroke casesRecurrenceSurvival analysisYounger age
2017
Contributors to the Excess Stroke Mortality in Rural Areas in the United States
Howard G, Kleindorfer DO, Cushman M, Long DL, Jasne A, Judd SE, Higginbotham JC, Howard VJ. Contributors to the Excess Stroke Mortality in Rural Areas in the United States. Stroke 2017, 48: 1773-1778. PMID: 28626048, PMCID: PMC5502731, DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.117.017089.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigh case fatalityCase fatalityStroke mortalityRisk factorsStroke incidenceSocioeconomic statusTraditional stroke risk factorsIncident stroke riskStroke risk factorsProportional hazards analysisHigher stroke incidenceStroke-free participantsUrban-rural statusHigher stroke mortalityLow socioeconomic statusRural-urban statusExcess stroke mortalityIncident strokeStroke riskREGARDS studyHigh prevalenceHigh incidenceRural areasLogistic regressionSmall rural town