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The purpose of this study was to determine whether medical and lifestyle factors differ among women and men who have enrolled in the African-American Antiplatelet Stroke Prevention Study (AAASPS).\n          <\/jats:p>\n          <jats:p>\n            <jats:bold>\n              <jats:italic>\n                <jats:bold>\n                  <jats:italic>Methods<\/jats:italic>\n                <\/jats:bold>\n                \u2014\n              <\/jats:italic>\n            <\/jats:bold>\n            We performed a planned exploratory analysis of differences in baseline characteristics and risk factors between women and men enrolled in AAASPS, a double-blind, randomized, multicenter, controlled trial. Frequencies of vascular risk factors and related conditions, medical therapies, stroke subtypes, and vascular territories were compared between women and men by 1-way ANOVA and Fisher\u2019s exact test where appropriate.\n          <\/jats:p>\n          <jats:p>\n            <jats:bold>\n              <jats:italic>\n                <jats:bold>\n                  <jats:italic>Results<\/jats:italic>\n                <\/jats:bold>\n                \u2014\n              <\/jats:italic>\n            <\/jats:bold>\n            A total of 1087 African American patients (574 women, 513 men) enrolled between December 1995 and June 1999. Women had higher rates of hypertension, diabetes, family history of stroke, and no reported leisure exercise. Men had higher rates of smoking and heavy alcohol use. Few differences were noted in proportions of stroke subtype or proportions receiving preventive therapy.\n          <\/jats:p>\n          <jats:p>\n            <jats:bold>\n              <jats:italic>\n                <jats:bold>\n                  <jats:italic>Conclusions<\/jats:italic>\n                <\/jats:bold>\n                \u2014\n              <\/jats:italic>\n            <\/jats:bold>\n            AAASPS represents the largest enrollment of African American women in a recurrent stroke prevention study. Our data suggest that African American women in a clinical trial differ from men in the frequency of key vascular risk factors. Although limited, these data provide an important first characterization of sex differences in African Americans with stroke.\n          <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1161\/hs0402.105337","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2002,7,28]],"date-time":"2002-07-28T23:16:47Z","timestamp":1027898207000},"page":"913-919","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1161\/crossmarkpolicy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":17,"title":["Stroke Risk Factor Profiles in African American Women"],"prefix":"10.1161","volume":"33","author":[{"given":"Bradford B.","family":"Worrall","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"From the Departments of Neurology (B.B.W., K.C.J., G.K.) and Health Evaluation Sciences (B.B.W., K.C.J.), University of Virginia, Charlottesville; Departments of Preventive Medicine (E.H., D.R.) and Neurology (P.B.G), Rush Medical College, Chicago, Ill; and Department of Mathematics, Lake Forest College (D.R.), Lake Forest, Ill. Drs Worrall and Johnston contributed equally to this work."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Karen C.","family":"Johnston","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"From the Departments of Neurology (B.B.W., K.C.J., G.K.) and Health Evaluation Sciences (B.B.W., K.C.J.), University of Virginia, Charlottesville; Departments of Preventive Medicine (E.H., D.R.) and Neurology (P.B.G), Rush Medical College, Chicago, Ill; and Department of Mathematics, Lake Forest College (D.R.), Lake Forest, Ill. Drs Worrall and Johnston contributed equally to this work."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Gail","family":"Kongable","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"From the Departments of Neurology (B.B.W., K.C.J., G.K.) and Health Evaluation Sciences (B.B.W., K.C.J.), University of Virginia, Charlottesville; Departments of Preventive Medicine (E.H., D.R.) and Neurology (P.B.G), Rush Medical College, Chicago, Ill; and Department of Mathematics, Lake Forest College (D.R.), Lake Forest, Ill. 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Drs Worrall and Johnston contributed equally to this work."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"DeJuran","family":"Richardson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"From the Departments of Neurology (B.B.W., K.C.J., G.K.) and Health Evaluation Sciences (B.B.W., K.C.J.), University of Virginia, Charlottesville; Departments of Preventive Medicine (E.H., D.R.) and Neurology (P.B.G), Rush Medical College, Chicago, Ill; and Department of Mathematics, Lake Forest College (D.R.), Lake Forest, Ill. 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