Hospital admission for stroke or transient ischemic attack among First Nations people with diabetes in Ontario: a population-based cohort study.

First Nations people have high rates of diabetes mellitus, which is a risk factor for stroke. We studied the rates of hospital admission, processes of care and outcomes of stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA) in First Nations people in Ontario.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:CMAJ Open
Main Authors: Kapral, Moira K, Shah, Baiju R, Green, Michael E, Porter, Joan, Griffiths, Rebecca, Frymire, Eliot, Slater, Morgan, Jacklin, Kristen, Sutherland, Roseanne, Walker, Jennifer D
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: HighWire 2020
Subjects:
First Nations
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.9778/cmajo.20190199
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32184279
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7082109/
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Summary:First Nations people have high rates of diabetes mellitus, which is a risk factor for stroke. We studied the rates of hospital admission, processes of care and outcomes of stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA) in First Nations people in Ontario.

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