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Alcohol use and risk of ischemic stroke among older adults: the cardiovascular health study.
Stroke - 1 Sept 2005
Mukamal Kenneth J, Chung Hyoju, Jenny Nancy S, Kuller Lewis H, Longstreth W T, Mittleman Murray A, Burke Gregory L, Cushman Mary, Beauchamp Norman J, Siscovick David S
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The association of light to moderate alcohol consumption with risk of ischemic stroke remains uncertain, as are the roles of potentially mediating factors and modification by apolipoprotein E (apoE) genotype. METHODS: We studied the prospective association of alcohol consumption and risk of ischemic stroke among 4410 participants free of cardiovascular disease at baseline in the...
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