From the Centre de recherche du CHA (C.A.-E., C.B.), Unité de recherche en santé des populations, Québec City, Canada; INSERM CIE 01 (C.A.-E.), Centre d'investigation clinique/épidémiologie clinique du CHU de Dijon, Dijon, France and Stroke Registry of Dijon, University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine, Dijon, France; and Département de médecine sociale et preventive (C.B., E.M., M.V.) and Département de réadaptation (R.B.), Université Laval; Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec (A.M.); and Institut de Cardiologie de Québec (G.R.D.), Québec City, Canada.
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Chantal Brisson, PhD, Unité de recherche en santé des populations, Centre hospitalier affilié universitaire deQuébec, 1050, Chemin Ste-Foy, Québec City, Québec City, Canada G1S 4L8. E-mail: [email protected]
Funding for data collection was provided by the Fonds de la Recherche en Santé du Québec and the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Québec. C.B. and E.M. were Canadian Institutes of Health Research investigators when this workwas conducted. R.B. held a research investigator from the Fonds de la Recherche en Santé du Québec.
Received for publication October 8, 2008; revision received March 30, 2011.
