Association Between Midlife Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Risk of Stroke: The Cooper Center Longitudinal Study [Clinical Sciences]

Conclusions—
There is a strong, inverse association between midlife CRF and stroke risk in later life independent of baseline and antecedent burden of risk factors, such as hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and atrial fibrillation.

Source: Stroke - June 26, 2016 Category: Neurology Authors: Pandey, A., Patel, M. R., Willis, B., Gao, A., Leonard, D., Das, S. R., Defina, L., Berry, J. D. Tags: Epidemiology, Cerebrovascular Disease/Stroke Clinical Sciences Source Type: research