Stroke at baseline of the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil): a cross-sectional analysis.
Fernanda Gabriela de AbreuAlessandra de Carvalho GoulartMarina Gabriela BirckIsabela Judith Martins BensenorPublished in: Sao Paulo medical journal = Revista paulista de medicina (2019)
In this sample of individuals with better access to healthcare services, use of secondary prevention for stroke was low, which may suggest that the situation in the general population is worse. Sex was the most important sociodemographic variable associated with low use of secondary prevention.