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Received: 8 March 2017 Accepted: 16 June 2017 Published online: 25 July 2017
Prevalence of Stroke and Vascular Risk Factors in China: a Nationwide Community-based Study Qi Li1, Hao Wu2, Wei Yue2, Qingqing Dai3, Hui Liang4, Hetao Bian5, Xiaoshuang Xia6, Qiuhong Ji7 & Ying Shen8 We aimed to investigate the prevalence of stroke and related vascular risk factors in adult population aged 40 years and older in China. We conducted a prospective cross-sectional survey in nationally representative sample of 207323 individuals from all 31 Chinese provinces in 2013. Data were used to analyze the prevalence of stroke by age, sex, geographical regions and educational level. The agestandardized prevalence of stroke was significantly higher in men than in women in all age groups (P
OPEN
Received: 8 March 2017 Accepted: 16 June 2017 Published online: 25 July 2017
Prevalence of Stroke and Vascular Risk Factors in China: a Nationwide Community-based Study Qi Li1, Hao Wu2, Wei Yue2, Qingqing Dai3, Hui Liang4, Hetao Bian5, Xiaoshuang Xia6, Qiuhong Ji7 & Ying Shen8 We aimed to investigate the prevalence of stroke and related vascular risk factors in adult population aged 40 years and older in China. We conducted a prospective cross-sectional survey in nationally representative sample of 207323 individuals from all 31 Chinese provinces in 2013. Data were used to analyze the prevalence of stroke by age, sex, geographical regions and educational level. The agestandardized prevalence of stroke was significantly higher in men than in women in all age groups (P
