Stroke risk

Papers on stroke risk

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Translational Stroke Research

Two blood proteins linked to small-vessel stroke risk

Higher levels of blood proteins SPATA20 and KDELC2 were linked to higher and lower small-vessel stroke odds, respectively (odds ratios 1.47 and 0.82).Higher levels of blood proteins SPATA20 and KDELC2 were linked to higher and lower small-vessel stroke odds, respectively (odds ratios 1.47 and 0.82).

Mendelian randomizationMechanisms
International Journal of Medical Sciences

Gene variant’s link to stroke grew stronger with age

Stroke prevalence was 10.37% in gene variant carriers versus 7.61% in noncarriers in an observational study of 112,500 Taiwan Biobank participants.Stroke prevalence was 10.37% in gene variant carriers versus 7.61% in noncarriers in an observational study of 112,500 Taiwan Biobank participants.

Brain cross-sections show a blocked vessel and damaged tissue beside a smaller intact brain, each flanked by a group of upright people.
Genetic association · 112,500 peoplePopulations

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The British Journal of Nutrition

Low strength and excess belly fat linked to higher stroke odds

Having both conditions was linked to stroke odds 1.96 times as high in China and 2.38 times as high in England, compared with neither.Having both conditions was linked to stroke odds 1.96 times as high in China and 2.38 times as high in England, compared with neither.

A waist cross-section shows thin and thick fat beside slim and broad figures, tight and loose muscle fibers, and brains with and without a dark patch.
Cohort · 10,153 peopleStroke

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Journal of the American Heart Association

Enlarged heart chamber linked to higher stroke risk

Stroke risk was 11.1% in people with an enlarged left atrium, the heart’s upper left chamber, versus 4.6% in those without enlargement.Stroke risk was 11.1% in people with an enlarged left atrium, the heart’s upper left chamber, versus 4.6% in those without enlargement.

Cohort study of 10,024 peopleStroke

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