RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Cerebrovascular disease among patients from the Indian subcontinent
JF Neurology
JO Neurology
FD Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
SP 894
OP 896
DO 10.1212/01.wnl.0000233923.63869.8c
VO 67
IS 5
A1 Moussouttas, M.
A1 Aguilar, L.
A1 Fuentes, K.
A1 Anyanwu, B.
A1 Manassarians, H.
A1 Papamitsakis, N.
A1 Shi, Q.
A1 Visintainer, P.
YR 2006
UL http://n.neurology.org/content/67/5/894.abstract
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.