Psychosocial Distress and Stroke Risk in Older Adults [Original Contributions]

Conclusions—
Increasing levels of psychosocial distress are related to excess risk of both fatal and nonfatal stroke in older black and white adults. Additional research is needed to examine pathways linking psychosocial distress to cerebrovascular disease risk.

Source: Stroke - January 18, 2013 Category: Neurology Authors: Henderson, K. M., Clark, C. J., Lewis, T. T., Aggarwal, N. T., Beck, T., Guo, H., Lunos, S., Brearley, A., Mendes de Leon, C. F., Evans, D. A., Everson-Rose, S. A. Tags: Behavioral/psychosocial - stroke, Risk Factors for Stroke Original Contributions Source Type: research