Smoking and Mortality in Stroke Survivors: Can We Eliminate the Paradox?

Conclusions: Stroke survivors who smoke have an increased risk of all-cause mortality, which is largely because of cancer mortality. Socioeconomic and clinical factors explain stroke survivors' higher risk of CVD mortality associated with smoking.

Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - January 17, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Deborah A. Levine, James M. Walter, Sudeep J. Karve, Lesli E. Skolarus, Steven R. Levine, Kristine A. Mulhorn Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research