...Sally N. Adebamowo; Fasil Tekola-Ayele; Adebowale A. Adeyemo; Charles N. Rotimi Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is experiencing a growing burden of cardiometabolic disorders, including diabetes, dyslipidemia, hypertension, obesity, coronary heart disease, and stroke. The increasing trends are expected...

... history, those with a family history of CVD are 1.5 to 9.0 times more likely to develop CVD, depending on the relation, number and age of onset of the relative(s) [ 10 ]. Behavior Cardiovascular diseases Family health Heart diseases Practice guideline Prevention Stroke Surveillance...

...Mercy Mvundura; Henraya McGruder; Muin J. Khoury; Rodolfo Valdez; Paula W. Yoon Background: Stroke is a major cause of morbidity and death in the United States. We tested the association between familial risk for stroke and prevalence of the disease among US adults and assessed the use of family...