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Long-Term Excess Risk Of Stroke In People With Type 2 Diabetes In Sweden According To Blood Pressure Level: A Population-Based Case-Control Study., C Hedén Ståhl, M Lind, A-M Svensson, M Kosiborod, S Gudbjörnsdottir, A Pivodic, Mark A. Clements, A Rosengren
Long-Term Excess Risk Of Stroke In People With Type 2 Diabetes In Sweden According To Blood Pressure Level: A Population-Based Case-Control Study., C Hedén Ståhl, M Lind, A-M Svensson, M Kosiborod, S Gudbjörnsdottir, A Pivodic, Mark A. Clements, A Rosengren
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AIMS: To estimate the risk of stroke in people with Type 2 diabetes with different blood pressure levels compared with the risk in the general population in Sweden.
METHODS: This prospective case-control study included 408 076 people with Type 2 diabetes, aged ≥ 18 years, and free of prior stroke, registered in the Swedish National Diabetes Register 1998-2011. Age- and sex-matched control subjects (n = 1 913 507) without stroke from the general population were included. Stroke diagnoses were retrieved using International Classification of Disease codes from the Swedish patient and death registers. Cox hazard ratios and 95% confidence intervals …