Publications

What NOMAS Has Done So Far

NOMAS is evaluating reasons for race-ethnic differences in stroke incidence and confirming findings of the protective, beneficial effects of physical activity and moderate, daily alcohol intake.

NOMAS has found that Caribbean Hispanics from the Northern Manhattan community had strokes at a younger age than blacks and whites. There was also a higher rate of stroke-related death in Caribbean Hispanic and black patients than in white patients. NOMAS continues to investigate risk factors for stroke and enhance the Hispanic community’s awareness of stroke prevention.

Publications

Full Article Study finds obesity a stroke risk factor. Aug 2003 IN VIVO

Full Article Suk SH, Sacco RL, Boden-Albala B, Cheun JF, Pittman JG, Elkind MS, Paik MC. Abdominal obesity and risk of ischemic stroke: the Northern Manhattan Stroke Study. Stroke 2003;34:1586-92

Full Article Rundek T, Elkind M, Pittman J, Boden-Albala B, Martin S, Humphries SE, Juo S, Sacco RL, Carotid Intima-Media Thickness is associated with allelic variants of stromelysin-1, interleukin-6 and hepatic lipase genes: the Northern Manhattan Prospective Cohort Study. Stroke 2002;33:1420-1423.

Full Article Jacobs BS, Boden-Albala B, Lin IF, Sacco RL. Stroke in the Young in the Northern Manhattan Stroke Study. Stroke 2002;33:2789-2793

Full Article Sacco RL, Boden-Albala B, Abel G, Lin IF, Elkind M, Hauser WA, Paik MC, Shea S. Race-ethnic disparities in the impact of stroke risk factors: The Northern Manhattan Stroke Study. Stroke 2001;32:1725-1731

Full Article Elkind MS, Cheng J, Boden-Albala B, Paik MC, Sacco RL. Elevated white blood cell count and carotid plaque thickness – The Northern Manhattan Stroke Study. Stroke 2001;32:842-849

Full Article Sacco RL, Benson RT, Kargman DE, Boden-Albala B, Tuck C, Lin I-F, Cheng JF, Paik MC, Shea S, Berglund L. High-density lipoprotein cholesterol and ischemic stroke in the elderly The Northern Manhattan Stroke Study. JAMA 2001; 285:2729-2735

Full Article (registration required) Di Tullio MR, Sacco RL, Savoia MT, Sciacca RR, Homma S. Aortic atheroma morphology and the risk of ischemic stroke in a multiethnic population. Am Heart J. 2000;139:329-36.

Abstract Sacco RL, Elkind M, Boden-Albala B, Lin I-F, Kargman DE, Hauser WA, Shea S, Paik M. The protective effect of moderate alcohol consumption on ischemic stroke. JAMA 1999;281:53-60

Full Article Di Tullio MR, Sacco RL, Sciacca RR, Homma S. Left atrial size and the risk of ischemic stroke in an ethnically mixed population. Stroke; 1999;30:2019-24

Abstract Sacco RL, Boden-Albala B, Gan R, Kargman DE, Paik M, Shea S, Hauser WA, and the Northern Manhattan Stroke Study Collaborators. Stroke incidence among white, black and Hispanic residents of an urban community: the Northern Manhattan Stroke Study. Am J Epidemiol 1998;147:259-268

Full Article Sacco RL, Gan R, Boden-Albala B, Lin IF, Kargman DE, Hauser WA, Shea S, Paik M. Leisure-Time Physical Activity and Ischemic Stroke Risk: The Northern Manhattan Stroke Study. Stroke 1998;29:380-387