Predicting Stroke Risk Based on Health Behaviours: Development of the Stroke Population Risk Tool (SPoRT).

Health behaviours, important factors in cardiovascular disease, are increasingly a focus of prevention. We appraised whether stroke risk can be accurately assessed using self-reported information focused on health behaviours.Behavioural, sociodemographic and other risk factors were assessed in a pop...

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Main Authors: Douglas G Manuel, Meltem Tuna, Richard Perez, Peter Tanuseputro, Deirdre Hennessy, Carol Bennett, Laura Rosella, Claudia Sanmartin, Carl van Walraven, Jack V Tu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4670216?pdf=render