This case control study assessed the role of LVD as an independent risk factor for ischemic stroke in the multiethnic population of the Northern Manhattan Study (NOMAS).

• 这是一个运用病例对照研究法的研究，称为北曼哈顿研究 (NOMAS)，评估LVD在多种民族之缺血性中风危险因子的角色。