American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 109, Issue 8 , Pages 1223-1228 , 15 April 2012

United States National Prevalence of Electrocardiographic Abnormalities in Black and White Middle-Age (45- to 64-Year) and Older (≥65-Year) Adults (from the Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke Study)

  • Ronald J. Prineas, MB, BS, PhD

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    • Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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  • Anh Le, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health, Birmingham, Alabama
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  • Elsayed Z. Soliman, MD, MSc, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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  • Zhu-Ming Zhang, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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  • Virginia J. Howard, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health, Birmingham, Alabama
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  • Yechiam Ostchega, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • Division of Health and Nutrition Examination Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hyattsville, Maryland
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  • George Howard, DrPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health, Birmingham, Alabama
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  • Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) Investigators

Received 17 August 2011 ,Revised 28 November 2011 ,Accepted 28 November 2011.

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 This work was supported by a cooperative agreement grant U01 NS041588 from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services (Bethesda, Maryland). Representatives from the funding institute were involved in the review of the report but were not directly involved in the collection, management, analysis, or interpretation of the data. Dr. Howard, study primary investigator, had full access to all the data and takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and accuracy of the data analysis.

 A full list of participating REGARDS investigators and institutions can be found at http://www.regardsstudy.org.

PII: S0002-9149(11)03532-6

doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.11.061

American Journal of Cardiology
Volume 109, Issue 8 , Pages 1223-1228 , 15 April 2012

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