Population-attributable risks for ischemic stroke in a community in South Brazil: a case-control study.

BACKGROUND: Risk factors for ischemic stroke are mostly known, but it is still unclear in most countries, what are their combined population-attributable risk percent (PAR%). In a case-control study the individual odds ratios (ORs) and the individual and combined PAR%, including risk factors not add...

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Main Authors: Adroaldo Baseggio Mallmann, Sandra Costa Fuchs, Miguel Gus, Flávio Danni Fuchs, Leila Beltrami Moreira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3329472?pdf=render