Incidence of stroke and stroke subtypes in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

• Published in: European journal of epidemiology Vol. 31; no. 2; pp. 159 - 168
• Main Authors: Söderholm, Martin, Inghammar, Malin, Hedblad, Bo, Egesten, Arne, Engström, Gunnar
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer 01.02.2016; Springer Netherlands; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Aged; Asthma - complications; Asthma - epidemiology; Cardiology; Cerebral hemorrhage; Cerebral Hemorrhage - epidemiology; Cerebral Infarction - epidemiology; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Cohort Studies; Comorbidity; Diabetes; Epidemiology; Female; Health risks; Health Sciences; Hemorrhage; Humans; Hypertension; Hälsovetenskap; Incidence; Infectious Diseases; International Statistical Classification of Diseases; Ischemia; Male; Medical and Health Sciences; Medicin och hälsovetenskap; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Oncology; Predisposing factors; Public Health; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - complications; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - epidemiology; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; Risk Factors; Stroke; Stroke - epidemiology; Stroke - etiology; Strokes; Subarachnoid hemorrhage; Sweden - epidemiology; ANE, Sweden; Cerebral infarction; Stroke; Intracerebral haemorrhage; Subarachnoid haemorrhage; COPD

It is uncertain whether the incidence of stroke is increased in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and whether COPD is associated with all subtypes of stroke (i.e. ischemic stroke, intracerebral haemorrhage and subarachnoid haemorrhage). We evaluated the association between...