Alcohol consumption at midlife and risk of stroke during 43 years of follow-up cohort and twin analyses

Stroke

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 627-633

  Kadlecová, Pavla ^a   Andel, Ross ^a,b   Mikulík, Robert ^a   Handing, Elizabeth P ^b   Pedersen, Nancy L ^c,d  

^a ST ANNE S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohols; Risk factors; Stroke; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; BODY MASS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; TWINS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 84929279530     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.114.006724     Document Type: Article

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