Epigenetics as a target to mitigate excess stroke risk in people of african ancestry: a scoping review

Compared to other racial groups, people of African descent have a disproportionately higher risk of developing strokes.1,2 They tend to have more severe strokes, worse outcomes, higher stroke recurrence rates and peculiar patterns of stroke subtypes.3 –5 African Americans are 50% more likely to experience a stroke and 70% more likely to die from it.6,7 Presently, Sub-Saharan Africa has one of the highest annual incidence rates of stroke in the world, at 316 per 100,000 people1,8 This is comparable to 116- 483 per 100 000 in Asia but relatively higher than 104 per 100,000 in Eastern Europe and 64-85.5 per 100,000 in United states of America.
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - Category: Neurology Authors: Source Type: research