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Clinical Trial
. 1997 Apr;12(4):157-61.

Prevalence of stroke in two samples (rural and urban) of old people in Spain. A pilot door-to-door study carried out by health professionals

F Bermejo  1 , S Vega, J M Morales, J Díaz, L López, D Parra, C Colmenarejo, R Gabriel
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Clinical Trial

Prevalence of stroke in two samples (rural and urban) of old people in Spain. A pilot door-to-door study carried out by health professionals

F Bermejo et al. Neurologia. 1997 Apr.

Abstract

The aim of this study was to present the prevalence of stroke from a pilot study in old people. The urban site sample (Madrid) was made up of 397 subjects and the rural site sample (Arévalo, Avila) of 862 subjects. The study was performed with a door-to-door methodology. In the urban sample, the prevalence of stroke was 8.5% (CI 95% = 5.5-11.5%) and that of TIA was 2.1% (CI 95% = 0.6-3.6%). In the rural location the prevalence of stroke was 7.1% (CI 95% = 5.4-8.8%). This prevalence of stroke is higher than in other Spanish studies. These results need to be confirmed in a wider investigation.

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