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Unusual Stroke Risk Factors Reported at ASA Conference
Mike Mitka
JAMA. 2002;287:1100-1101.
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San Antonio, Tex—Researchers presenting data in February at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference introduced four new markers that they say affect the probability of having a fatal stroke. The new risk factors are body height, abdominal obesity, educational level, and degree of satisfaction with family life. Although the data are gleaned from retrospective studies, the researchers said they offer insight into factors affecting the risk for stroke, of which almost 170 000 Americans die each year.
A TALL STORY
David Tanne, MD, head of the stroke program at Sheba Medical Center, Tel Aviv University, Israel, found that body height is associated with long-term risk for fatal stroke in men. He found that shorter men were more likely to have fatal strokes than taller men in Israel.
"Height is a marker of what happened in our early life," Tanne said. He hypothesized that conditions in early life . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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