Fibroblast Growth Factor 23 and Risk of Incident Stroke in Community-Living Adults [Clinical Sciences]

Conclusions—
Higher FGF23 concentrations were associated with higher risk of cardioembolic but not with other stroke subtypes in community-dwelling adults. Additional studies should delineate reasons for these findings.

Source: Stroke - January 26, 2015 Category: Neurology Authors: Panwar, B., Jenny, N. S., Howard, V. J., Wadley, V. G., Muntner, P., Kissela, B. M., Judd, S. E., Gutierrez, O. M. Tags: Acute Cerebral Infarction, Embolic stroke, Epidemiology Clinical Sciences Source Type: research