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Strokes are more deadly for Hispanics and African Americans in the United States than for the Caucasian population. During the first 30 days after the attack, according to a study released this Wednesday.
The study, published in the electronic edition of the medical journal “Neurology”, concluded: The risk of mortality during the first month after a stroke of Hispanics is 10.3% higher than that of the white population who suffers the same type of stroke.
Among the African-American population, the increased risk of death from a cerebral hemorrhage is 3% greater than that of the Caucasian population.
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Study author Dr. Hugo Aparicio of Boston University School of Medicine said: in a statement that more information is needed to better understand how stroke risk factors, social inequality, and structural racism influence mortality disparities between ethnic groups.< /strong>
“Given these differences in stroke mortality by race and ethnicity, it is clear that further research is needed for Native Americans, Native Alaskans, and Native Hawaiians, as well as American Indians. like Asian Americans,” he explained. Aparicio.
For his study, Aparicio used The medical records of 37,790 military veterans who were hospitalized and received medical care at some point during a 10-year period from the Veterans Administration (VA).
The collected data indicate that 89% of the strokes were ischemic or cerebral infarctionsin which a large reduction in blood flow occurs abruptly.< /p>
11% were cerebral hemorrhages, caused by the rupture of a cerebral vessel.
98% of the study participants were men, so Aparicio warned that this was not the case. that the conclusions may not apply to women or the general population.