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Dietary Protein Intake and Stroke Risk in a General Japanese Population Clinical Sciences
Background and Purpose—The influence of dietary protein intake on stroke risk is an area of interest. We investigated the association between dietary protein intake and stroke risk in Japanese, considering sources of protein.Methods—A total of 2400 subjects aged 40 to 79 years were followed up for 19 years. Dietary protein intake was estimated using a 70-item semiquantitative food frequency questionnaire. The risk estimates for incident stroke and its subtypes were calculated using a Cox proportional hazards model.Results—During the follow-up, 254 participants experienced stroke events; of these, 172 had ischemic str...
Source: Stroke - May 22, 2017 Category: Neurology Authors: Mio Ozawa, Daigo Yoshida, Jun Hata, Tomoyuki Ohara, Naoko Mukai, Mao Shibata, Kazuhiro Uchida, Masashi Nagata, Takanari Kitazono, Yutaka Kiyohara, Toshiharu Ninomiya Tags: Diet and Nutrition, Epidemiology, Cerebrovascular Disease/Stroke, Intracranial Hemorrhage, Ischemic Stroke Original Contributions Source Type: research