Clustering of cardiovascular risk factors and stroke: a prospective cohort study in Inner Mongolia

This study aimed to evaluate the effect of clustering of cardiovascular risk factors (CVRF) on stroke incidence and find some high predictive clusters among Inner Mongolians in China.A prospective cohort study was conducted among 2589 participants aged 20 and older from Inner Mongolia, China. The participants were divided into four groups according to the number of CVRFs and followed up from June 2002 to July 2012. Cox proportional hazards model...