Body Height Is Associated With Decreased Long-Term Stroke but Not Coronary Heart Disease Mortality?
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Body height is associated with decreased long-term stroke but not coronary heart disease mortality?
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE There is disagreement whether shorter persons suffer increased rates of coronary heart disease (CHD) or stroke. Potential mechanisms for such associations are not well understood. We used findings from a cohort study, in which 10 000 Israeli men were followed up, to examine the associations between stature and fatal CHD as well as fatal stroke. METHODS The cohort was co...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Stroke
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0039-2499,1524-4628
DOI: 10.1161/hs0302.103814