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Alcohol consumption at midlife and risk of stroke during 43 years of follow-up: cohort and twin analyses.
Stroke - 1 Mar 2015
Kadlecová Pavla, Andel Ross, Mikulík Robert, Handing Elizabeth P, Pedersen Nancy L
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Although alcohol-stroke association is well known, the age-varying effect of alcohol drinking at midlife on subsequent stroke risk across older adulthood has not been examined. The effect of genetic/early-life factors is also unknown. We used cohort and twin analyses of data with 43 years of follow-up for stroke incidence to help address these gaps. METHODS: All 11 644 members of the...
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