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SUBMITTER: Owolabi M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5404953 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Owolabi Mayowa M Sarfo Fred F Howard Virginia J VJ Irvin Marguerite R MR Gebregziabher Mulugeta M Akinyemi Rufus R Bennett Aleena A Armstrong Kevin K Tiwari Hemant K HK Akpalu Albert A Wahab Kolawole W KW Owolabi Lukman L Fawale Bimbo B Komolafe Morenikeji M Obiako Reginald R Adebayo Philip P Manly Jennifer M JM Ogbole Godwin G Melikam Ezinne E Laryea Ruth R Saulson Raelle R Jenkins Carolyn C Arnett Donna K DK Lackland Daniel T DT Ovbiagele Bruce B Howard George G
Stroke 20170407 5
<h4>Background and purpose</h4>The relative contributions of racial and geographic factors to higher risk of stroke in people of African ancestry have not been unraveled. We compared stroke type and contributions of vascular risk factors among indigenous Africans (IA), African Americans (AA), and European Americans (EA).<h4>Methods</h4>SIREN (Stroke Investigative Research and Educational Network) is a large multinational case-control study in West Africa-the ancestral home of 71% AA-whereas REGA ...[more]