title: Risk of hemorrhagic stroke in Asian American ethnic groups.
abstract: The sparseness of prospective data about hemorrhagic stroke (HS) risk among Asian American ethnic groups led to the investigation of 128,934 persons with self-classified ethnicity at health examinations in 1978-1985. Subsequently, 431 persons were hospitalized for HS; 31% for subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) and 69% for intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). Ethnic predictors of HS were studied by Cox proportional hazard models with 7 covariates. With whites as reference, the adjusted relative risk (95% CI) of all Asians for HS was 1.6 (1.1-2.3, p = 0.01), due substantially to increased risks of SAH in Japanese people and ICH in Filipinos. These data mandate emphasis upon preventive measures in these groups.
authors.affiliation: Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, Oakland, CA 94611, USA. alk@dor.kaiser.org
authors.forename: Arthur L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Klatsky
authors.forename: Gary D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Friedman
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sidney
authors.forename: Harald
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kipp
authors.forename: Ai
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kubo
authors.forename: Mary Anne
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Armstrong
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000368:Aged; D001213:Asian / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002140:California; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020300:Intracranial Hemorrhages / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D018570:Risk Assessment; D020521:Stroke / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000209:etiology; D044465:White People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data