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The Association Between Adult Height and Stroke Incidence in Japanese Men and Women: A Population-based Case-Control Study
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Yoshinobu Kondo, Hiroshi Yatsuya, Atsuhiko Ota, Shoji Matsumoto, Akihiro Ueda, Hirohisa Watanabe, Hideaki Toyoshima
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- This is the first study that examined the associations between adult height and ischemic stroke subtypes.
- In both younger and older men, height was inversely associated with total and thrombotic strokes, and the shortest height quintile was not related to them.
- In younger men, height was inversely associated with embolic stroke and intracerebral hemorrhage, but the shortest height quintile was not related to them.
- In younger women, there did not seem any apparent associations between height and total stroke or any stroke subtypes.
- In older women, height tended to be positively associated with total stroke and intracerebral hemorrhage, and the tallest height quintile was related to them.
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