Rural/urban differences in the prevalence of stroke risk factors: A cross-sectional analysis from the REGARDS study.
Debora Kamin MukazErica DawsonVirginia J HowardMary CushmanJohn C HigginbothamSuzanne E JuddBrett M KisselaMonika M SaffordElsayed Z SolimanGeorge HowardPublished in: The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association (2021)
Some of the higher stroke mortality in rural areas may be due to the higher burden of stroke risk factors in rural areas. Lower nSES contributed most notably to rural-urban differences for diabetes and smoking.