Rural?Urban Residence and Stroke Risk and Severity in Postmenopausal Women: The Women's Health Initiative

• Main Authors: Shawnita Sealy-Jefferson (Author), Molly Roseland (Author), Michele L. Cote (Author), Amy Lehman (Author), Eric A. Whitsel (Author), Jason Booza (Author), Michael S. Simon (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Mary Ann Liebert, 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: The impact of rural?urban residence on stroke risk and poor stroke outcomes among postmenopausal women is unknown. Methods: We used data from the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) (1993?2014; n?=?155,186) to test the hypothesis that women who live in rural compared with urban areas ha...