Titre : | Incidence and risk factors of ischaemic and haemorrhagic stroke : the EUROSTROKE project. The EUROSTROKE cohorts : a short description and data analytical approach. (2002) |
Auteurs : | M.L. BOTS ; P.C. ELWOOD ; A. FREIRE DE CONCALVES ; D.E. GROBBEE ; D. INZITARI ; P.J. KOUDSTAAL ; Y. NIKITIN ; J.T. SALONEN ; J. SIVENIUS ; A. TRICHOPOULOU ; J. TUOMILEHTO ; Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Erasmus University Medical School. Rotterdam. NLD ; Julius Centre for General Practice and Patient Oriented Research. University Medical Centre Utrecht. Utrecht. NLD |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | Journal of epidemiology and community health (vol. 56, 2002) |
Pagination : | I2-I7 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Mots-clés : | Accident cérébrovasculaire ; Epidémiologie ; Europe ; Homme ; Méthodologie ; Facteur risque ; Système nerveux [pathologie] ; Vaisseau sanguin encéphale [pathologie] ; Appareil circulatoire [pathologie] ; Vaisseau sanguin [pathologie] |
Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS HGVhR0x1. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. This paper describes the design and methodology of the participating cohorts in the EUROSTROKE project. Information is given about the cohort sampling, its size, the follow up procedures and event classification. Information is also given about the measurement of the cardiovascular and cerebrovascular risk factors in each of the cohorts separately. The cohorts described are the Caerphilly study in Cardiff, United Kingdom ; the Kuopio Ischaemic Heart disease study in Kuopio, Finland ; the Portugal study in Coimbra, Portugal ; the EPIC cohort in Athens, Greece ; the llsa study from Firenze, Italy ; the Rotterdam Study in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and the Novosibirsk cohort in Novosibirsk, Russia. |