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RESEARCH PRODUCT
New Strategy to Reduce the Global Burden of Stroke
Martin TobiasVasantha PadmaChristopher J L MurrayP. Alan BarberNorlinah Mohamed IbrahimAmanda G. ThriftMichael A. PiradovR. BhattacharjeeYury VarakinMiia KivipeltoStephen M. DavisAnnick MaujeanGeoffrey A. DonnanPeter M. RothwellYoshihiro KokuboPatrice LindsayFoad Abd-allahPeter SandercockHua FuDominique A CadilhacBo NorrvingAndrew E. MoranMaziar Moradi-lakehZeng-guang HouSanjeev GuptaWerner HackeNasser F. Bin DhimRufus AkinyemiRamesh SahathevanYannick BéjotSaira Saeed MirzaAntonio CulebrasValeria CasoSuzanne Barker-colloRalph L. SaccoWenzhi WangMohammed SaadahStanley FrielickMichael KravchenkoMan Mohan MehndirattaNorberto L. CabralShanthi MendisGregory A. RothMax AbbottJeyaraj D PandianIneke H.m. CrezeeGraeme J. HankeyNatan M. BornsteinElizabeth KendallRichie PoultonRichie PoultonT. HusseinDipes Kumar MandalBruce ArrollPriya ParmarAlice TheadomManuel CorreiaLuís Edmundo Teixeira De Arruda FurtadoRaad ShakirValery L. FeiginSheila Cristina Ouriques MartinsGustavo SaposnikYogini RatnasabathyM. Arfan IkramPatria A. HumeMichael BraininMaurice GiroudNikola KasabovRita KrishnamurthiAlbert HofmanMitali PurohitAlan D. LopezK.m. Venkat NarayanLiping LiuDavid O. WiebersShireen SindiJuan Manuel Marquez-romeroElaine RushGeorge A. MensahAntónio Freire Gonçalvessubject
Advanced and Specialized NursingGerontologyeducation.field_of_studybusiness.industryIncidence (epidemiology)PopulationOverweightmedicine.diseaseEpidemiological transitionEnvironmental healthmedicineGlobal healthDementiaNeurology (clinical)medicine.symptomCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineeducationbusinessSocioeconomic statusStrokedescription
The socioeconomic and health effect of stroke and other noncommunicable disorders (NCDs) that share many of the same risk factors with stroke, such as heart attack, dementia, and diabetes mellitus, is huge and increasing.1–4 Collectively, NCDs account for 34.5 million deaths (66% of deaths from all causes)3 and 1344 million disability-adjusted life years lost worldwide in 2010.2 The burden of NCDs is likely to burgeon given the aging of the world’s population and the epidemiological transition currently observed in many low- to middle-income countries (LMICs).5,6 In addition, there is low awareness in the population about these NCDs and their risk factors,7–10 particularly in LMICs.11 These factors, coupled with underuse of strategies for primary prevention of stroke/NCDs on an individual level and the lack of accurate data on the prevalence and effect of risk factors in different countries and populations have been implicated in the ever-increasing worldwide burden of the NCDs.12–15 Of particular concern is a significant increase in the number of young adults (aged <65 years) affected by stroke,16 and the increasing epidemic of overweight/obesity17 and diabetes mellitus worldwide.18 If these trends continue, the burden of stroke and other major NCDs will increase even faster. The increasing burden of stroke and other major NCDs provide strong support for the notion that the currently used primary prevention strategies for stroke and other major NCDs (business as usual) are not sufficiently effective. The most pertinent solution to this problem is the implementation of new, effective, widely available, and cost-effective prevention and treatment strategies to reduce the incidence and severity distribution of stroke and other major NCDs. The recent INTERSTROKE case-control study, conducted in 22 countries worldwide, provided evidence that, collectively, 10 risk factors accounted …
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-06-01 | Stroke |