title: Incidence and risk factors of ischaemic and haemorrhagic stroke in Europe. EUROSTROKE: A collaborative study among research centres in Europe: rationale and design.
abstract: EUROSTROKE is a collaborative study among ten European research centres to investigate (1) the variation in incidence of fatal and non-fatal ischaemic and haemorrhagic stroke among populations in different European countries; (2) whether the observed differences in stroke incidence across countries can be explained by differences in prevalence of established cardiovascular risk factors; (3) the relative importance of selected dietary factors (potassium intake, smoking, alcohol consumption), haemostatic disturbances (fibrinogen) and co-morbidity (rheumatic heart disease, atrial fibrillation) compared to established risk factors as determinants of the occurrence of ischaemic and haemorrhagic stroke. The EUROSTROKE database is drawn from ten European population-based prospective follow-up studies (cohorts) and is designed as a case-control study nested within these ten ongoing studies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics Erasmus University Medical School, Rotterdam, (The Netherlands).
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Grobbee
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Koudstaal
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Bots
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Amaducci
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
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authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ferro
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Freire de Concalves
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Krüger
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Inzitari
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authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nikitin
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Salonen
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authors.lastname: Sivenius
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authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Scheuermann
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Thelle
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authors.lastname: Trichopoulou
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authors.lastname: Tuomilehto
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002423:Cause of Death; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality*; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005060:Europe / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors