Prevalence of stroke in the parsi community of bombay

Nadir E. Bharucha; Eddie P. Bharucha; Adil E. Bharucha; Anasuya V. Bhise; Bruce S. Schoenberg

doi:10.1161/01.STR.19.1.60

Prevalence of stroke in the parsi community of bombay

Nadir E. Bharucha, Eddie P. Bharucha, Adil E. Bharucha, Anasuya V. Bhise, Bruce S. Schoenberg

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A door-to-door survey of 14,010 Parsis living in colonies in Bombay, India, screened people for possible neurologic diseases. High school graduates, social workers, and a medical student administered a questionnaire that had been shown in a pilot study to have a sensitivity of 100% for identifying persons with stroke. Neurologists used defined diagnostic criteria to evaluate those who were positive on the screening survey. One hundred eighteen persons (57 men, 61 women) suffered from stroke (842.3 cases/100,000 population). The age-specific prevalence ratios increased with age for both sexes and for each age group. Age-adjusted prevalence ratios were slightly higher for men than for women. The most common type of stroke was ischemic (114 cases).

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	60-62
Number of pages	3
Journal	Stroke
Volume	19
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1161/01.STR.19.1.60
State	Published - Jan 1988

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Clinical Neurology
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Advanced and Specialized Nursing

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