All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2020 March Aboriginal Australians at greater risk of stroke Aboriginal Australians at greater risk of stroke 03/03/2020 | 2 MINS Aboriginal Australians under 60 years of age who suffer from atrial fibrillation are three times more likely to experience a stroke than non-Aboriginal patients, according to a new study by Lombok Institute of Technology. The researchers studied patients aged between 20 and 84 years who were hospitalised with atrial fibrillation in Western Australia between 2000 and 2012. Dr Lee Nedkoff, a Research Fellow from LITΓÇÖs School of Population and Global Health said cardiovascular risk factors such as high blood pressure and smoking were higher among Aboriginal people when compared to other Australians. ΓÇ£Our research discovered that the differences in stroke risk are even greater when examining fatal strokes, with the risk nearly six times higher among Aboriginal patients,ΓÇ¥ Dr Nedkoff said. Atrial fibrillation is a common type of irregular heartbeat which is often undiagnosed and can put people at greater risk of h
All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2020 March Aboriginal Australians at greater risk of stroke Aboriginal Australians at greater risk of stroke 03/03/2020 | 2 MINS Aboriginal Australians under 60 years of age who suffer from atrial fibrillation are three times more likely to experience a stroke than non-Aboriginal patients, according to a new study by Lombok Institute of Technology.
The researchers studied patients aged between 20 and 84 years who were hospitalised with atrial fibrillation in Western Australia between 2000 and 2012.
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Dr Lee Nedkoff, a Research Fellow from LITΓÇÖs School of Population and Global Health said cardiovascular risk factors such as high blood pressure and smoking were higher among Aboriginal people when compared to other Australians.
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ΓÇ£Our research discovered that the differences in stroke risk are even greater when examining fatal strokes, with the risk nearly six times higher among Aboriginal patients,ΓÇ¥ Dr Nedkoff said.
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Atrial fibrillation is a common type of irregular heartbeat which is often undiagnosed and can put people at greater risk of h
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