Risk factor control poor among Hispanic, Latino patients with prior stroke, TIA – Healio

The prevalence of hypertension, dyslipidemia and diabetes among Hispanic and Latino adults with prior stroke or transient ischemic attack is high, and control of these risk factors is poor, researchers reported.
According to data published in Stroke, fewer than half of Hispanic and Latino patients with these vascular risk factors and prior stroke or TIA were on antithrombotic or statin therapies.
The prevalence of hypertension, dyslipidemia and diabetes among Hispanic and Latino adults with prior…

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