Tanvir Chowdhury Turin|Yoshihiro Kokubo|Yoshitaka Murakami|Aya Higashiyama|Nahid Rumana|Makoto Watanabe|T. Okamura
Lifetime Risk of Stroke in Japan
Shiga University of Medical Science|Shiga University of Medical Science|Shiga University of Medical Science|Shiga University of Medical Science|Shiga University of Medical Science|Shiga University of Medical Science|Shiga University of Medical Science
background purpose lifetime risk ltr epidemiologic measure expresses probability disease remaining lifetime index age ltr stroke reported japanese population methods included participants suita study cardiovascular diseasefree baseline age years used time scale agespecific stroke incidence allcause mortality calculated personyear method estimated sex index agespecific ltrs firstever stroke subtypes taking account competing risk death results followed 5498 participants 1989 2005 total 67 475 personyears age 55 years ltr stroke accounting competing risks death 183 men 196 women ltr cerebral infarction 146 men 155 women ltr intracerebral hemorrhage 24 men 14 women index age 55 years ltr stroke remained similar across index ages 45 55 65 years conclusions observed probabilities illustrate 1 5 men women middle age experience stroke remaining lifetime easy understandable information used important index assist public health education planning