Autopsy study of cerebrovascular disease in Japanese men who lived in Hiroshima, Japan, and Honolulu, Hawaii

• Published in: Stroke (1970) Vol. 10; no. 4; pp. 389 - 395
• Main Authors: Mitsuyama, Y, Thompson, L R, Hayashi, T, Lee, K K, Keehn, R J, Resch, J A, Steer, A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.07.1979
• Subjects: Aged; Autopsy; Cerebral Arteries - pathology; Cerebral Hemorrhage - epidemiology; Cerebral Infarction - epidemiology; Cerebrovascular Disorders - epidemiology; Cerebrovascular Disorders - mortality; Cerebrovascular Disorders - pathology; Circle of Willis; Hawaii; Humans; Intracranial Arteriosclerosis - epidemiology; Japan - ethnology; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Middle Aged; Sclerosis; Hawaii; Japan

Evidence of cerebrovascular disease at autopsy was compared in 2 groups of men: 186 long-time residents of Hiroshima, Japan, and 253 men of Japanese ancestry long resident in Honolulu, Hawaii. They were 45 to 71 years-of-age at death. Atherosclerosis of the circle of Willis and its major branches, s...