Ideal Cardiovascular Health Metrics and the Risks of Ischemic and Intracerebral Hemorrhagic Stroke [Clinical Sciences]

Conclusions—
We observed a clear inverse gradient relationship between the number of ideal CVH metrics and the risk of stroke in a Chinese population, supporting the importance of ideal health behaviors and factors in stroke prevention.

Source: Stroke - August 26, 2013 Category: Neurology Authors: Zhang, Q., Zhou, Y., Gao, X., Wang, C., Zhang, S., Wang, A., Li, N., Bian, L., Wu, J., Jia, Q., Wu, S., Zhao, X. Tags: Cerebrovascular disease/stroke, Epidemiology Clinical Sciences Source Type: research