Race and Regional Differences in Cerebral Microbleeds in Individuals with Incident Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack: The REGARDS Study
Oluchi Ekenze, Liang Niu, Russell P. Sawyer, Aleena Bennet, Mary Cushman, Vasileios-Arsenios Lioutas, Hugo J. Aparicio, Sudha Seshadri, Virginia J. Howard, Jose R. Romero, Hyacinth I. Hyacinth · 2026
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Oluchi Ekenze and co-authors examine tiny brain bleeds in stroke survivors, asking whether race and region change the odds. Cerebral microbleeds, small deposits left by leaking vessels, predict stroke and memory loss. The team used an American cohort built to study geographic and racial stroke gaps. It analyzed 808 people who had a stroke or a brief warning attack and had brain scans.
Black participants carried 72 percent higher odds of having any microbleed than white participants, after accounting for age, sex, and vascular risks. Living in the stroke belt, the high-stroke region of the southeast, came with lower odds. Yet Black residents of the belt showed the highest odds, nearly triple for mixed-pattern bleeds. The authors read the Black-white gap as a sign of more vessel injury in Black patients. They argue prevention and scanning strategies should reckon with both race and place.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Oluchi Ekenze, Liang Niu, Russell P. Sawyer, Aleena Bennet, Mary Cushman, Vasileios-Arsenios Lioutas, Hugo J. Aparicio, Sudha Seshadri, Virginia J. Howard, Jose R. Romero, Hyacinth I. Hyacinth |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 23 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |