Reducing the global burden of stroke: INTERSTROKE

Current smokers had a signifi cantly higher risk of stroke in all regions, which reinforces the need to reduce the high smoking rates in countries such as China and India through tough anti-smoking policies if a growing stroke and coronary disease epidemic is to be averted.7,8 The identifi cation of...

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Published in:The Lancet (British edition) 2010-07, Vol.376 (9735), p.74-75
Main Author: Tu, Jack V
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Blood pressure
Cardiovascular diseases
Developed Countries
Developing Countries
Health risk assessment
Health risks
Heart attacks
Humans
Hypertension
Hypertension - complications
Internal Medicine
LDCs
Life Style
Myocardial infarction
Myocardial Infarction - epidemiology
Myocardial Infarction - etiology
Risk Factors
Stroke - epidemiology
Stroke - etiology
Stroke - prevention & control
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Summary:Current smokers had a signifi cantly higher risk of stroke in all regions, which reinforces the need to reduce the high smoking rates in countries such as China and India through tough anti-smoking policies if a growing stroke and coronary disease epidemic is to be averted.7,8 The identifi cation of waist-to-hip ratio (as opposed to body-mass index) as a risk factor for stroke is consistent with previous INTERHEART fi ndings for myocardial infarction, and provides further evidence that this ratio might be a better measure of obesity to identify individuals at high risk for these disorders.9 A surprising fi nding was the relatively low prevalence of cardiac causes of stroke (eg, atrial fi brillation, rheumatic heart disease) in China and India compared with highincome countries, but this result may refl ect, in part, lower rates of cardiac diagnostic testing.
ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(10)60975-0