Aakash Agrawal

According to estimates, worldwide, one in four persons beyond the age of 25 has a risk of stroke today, which is huge considering the population at risk. Besides the conventional risk factors like diabetes, high blood pressure or hypertension, cholesterol, smoking, and alcohol, modern lifestyle has added newer dimensions to the possible aetiology of stroke and its risk factors.

Dr Aakash Agrawal is a Consultant Neurologist at Manipal Hospitals, Bhubaneswar, with over 11 years of medical experience, including 4 years in neurology. He completed his MBBS from Utkal University, MD in General Medicine from Berhampur University, and DM in Neurology from NIMHANS, Bengaluru. Dr Agrawal specialises in Parkinson’s disease, movement disorders, and advanced treatments like Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) and Botulinum Toxin Injections.

?Mathematical formulae have been encoded as MathML and are displayed in this HTML version using MathJax in order to improve their display. Uncheck the box to turn MathJax off. This feature requires Javascript. Click on a formula to zoom. Abstract In this article, a general family of bivariate distributions is used to model competing risks data with dependent causes. The general structure of competing risks data considered here includes ties.