Serum vitamin C concentration was inversely associated with subsequent 20-year incidence of stroke in a Japanese rural community: The Shibata study

Stroke

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 2287-2294

  Yokoyama, Tetsuji ^a   Date, Chigusa ^b   Kokubo, Yoshihiro ^a   Yoshiike, Nobuo ^c   Matsumura, Yasuhiro ^c   Tanaka, Heizo ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND NUTRITION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid; Cerebrovascular disorders; Japan; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BODY MASS; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; VITAMIN INTAKE;

EID: 0033805259     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.31.10.2287     Document Type: Article

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