Methods and early recruitment of the Brain Attack Surveillance in Corpus Christi —Post-acute Care (BASIC-PAC) Project

Mexican Americans (MAs) are the most numerous sub-group of Latinx, the largest minority population in the United States. This important sub-group is aging and growing rapidly. Stroke incidence is similar in MAs compared with non-Hispanic whites (NHWs),1 and MA stroke survivors have worse neurologic, functional, cognitive and quality of life outcomes at 90-days post-stroke compared with NHWs for reasons that are not completely understood.2 Worse stroke outcomes in MAs are not fully explained by socio-demographics, including education and insurance, stroke treatment, stroke severity or subtype, or pre-stroke factors.

Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - November 3, 2022 Category: Neurology Authors: Lewis B. Morgenstern, Elizabeth M. Almendarez, Roshanak Mehdipanah, Madeline Kwicklis, Erin Case, Melinda A. Smith, Lynda D. Lisabeth Source Type: research