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The authors of this descriptive study uniquely examined differences in cardiovascular risk factors among noninstitutionalized black, white, and Hispanic stroke survivors in the U.S. who completed the annual National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) in 1999, 2000, and 2001, to determine whether risk disparities exist among these ethnicities/races.
Of the 96,501 people who completed the survey, 2330 reported a history of stroke. As expected, the prevalence of stroke was higher among people 65 years or older than among younger people, and higher among blacks than among whites or Hispanics. In comparing whites with the other two groups, all age- and sex-adjusted differences were found to be significant. Blacks were more likely, and Hispanics less …