PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Moussouttas, M.
AU  - Aguilar, L.
AU  - Fuentes, K.
AU  - Anyanwu, B.
AU  - Manassarians, H.
AU  - Papamitsakis, N.
AU  - Shi, Q.
AU  - Visintainer, P.
TI  - Cerebrovascular disease among patients from the Indian subcontinent
AID  - 10.1212/01.wnl.0000233923.63869.8c
DP  - 2006 Sep 12
TA  - Neurology
PG  - 894--896
VI  - 67
IP  - 5
4099  - http://n.neurology.org/content/67/5/894.short
4100  - http://n.neurology.org/content/67/5/894.full
SO  - Neurology2006 Sep 12; 67
AB  - In this study, the authors document the characteristics of South Asian (SA) cerebrovascular patients. A retrospective medical record review comparing SA (n = 99) and European-American (n = 106) patients was performed. SA patients were younger and had a greater prevalence of diabetes, but lower prevalences of hyperlipidemia and tobacco use. SA patients experienced a 75% lower risk of cardiogenic infarctions, but a threefold increased risk of intracranial atherothrombosis. Risk factor modifications and secondary prevention strategies may differ for SA patients.