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    A comparative analysis of risk factors and stroke risk for Asian and non-Asian men: The Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration

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    Hyun, K.
    Huxley, Rachel
    Arima, H.
    Woo, J.
    Lam, T.
    Ueshima, H.
    Fang, X.
    Peters, S.
    Jee, S.
    Giles, G.
    Barzi, F.
    Woodward, M.
    Date
    2013
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Hyun, K. and Huxley, R. and Arima, H. and Woo, J. and Lam, T. and Ueshima, H. and Fang, X. et al. 2013. A comparative analysis of risk factors and stroke risk for Asian and non-Asian men: The Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration. International Journal of Stroke. 8 (8): pp. 606-611.
    Source Title
    International Journal of Stroke
    DOI
    10.1111/ijs.12166
    ISSN
    1747-4930
    School
    School of Public Health
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/43330
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    Background: The risk of stroke is high in men among both Asian and non-Asian populations, despite differences in risk factor profiles; whether risk factors act similarly in these populations is unknown. Aim: To study the associations between five major risk factors and stroke risk, comparing Asian with non-Asian men. Methods: We obtained data from the Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration, a pooled analysis of individual participant data from 44 studies involving 386411 men with 9·4 years follow-up. Using cohorts from Asia and Australia/New Zealand Cox models were fitted to estimate risk factor associations for ischemic and haemorrhagic stroke. Results: We identified significant, positive associations between all five risk factors and risk of ischemic stroke. The associations between body mass index, smoking, and diabetes with ischemic stroke were comparable for men from Asia and Australia/New Zealand. The association between systolic blood pressure and ischemic stroke was stronger for Asian than Australia/New Zealand cohorts, whereas the reverse was true for total cholesterol. For haemorrhagic stroke, only systolic blood pressure and smoking were associated with increased risk, although the relationship with systolic blood pressure was significantly stronger for men from Asia than Australia/New Zealand (P interaction=0·03), whereas the reverse was true for smoking (P interaction=0·001). There was an inverse trend of total cholesterol with haemorrhagic stroke, significant only for Asian men. Conclusions: Men from the Asia-Pacific region share common risk factors for stroke. Strategies aimed at lowering population levels of systolic blood pressure, total cholesterol, body mass index, smoking, and diabetes are likely to be beneficial in reducing stroke risk, particularly for ischemic stroke, across the region.

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