Dietary Total Fat Intake and Ischemic Stroke Risk: The Northern Manhattan Study
Author(s) -
Bernadette BodenAlbala,
Mitchell S.V. Elkind,
Halina White,
Annette Szumski,
Myunghee Cho Paik,
Ralph L. Sacco
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
neuroepidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.217
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1423-0208
pISSN - 0251-5350
DOI - 10.1159/000204914
Subject(s) - medicine , stroke (engine) , hazard ratio , confounding , proportional hazards model , prospective cohort study , lower risk , risk factor , epidemiology , confidence interval , mechanical engineering , engineering
Dietary fat intake is associated with coronary heart disease risk, but the relationship between fat intake and ischemic stroke risk remains unclear. We hypothesized that total dietary fat as part of a Western diet is associated with increased risk of ischemic stroke.
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