Cigarette Smoking and Other Risk Factors for Silent Cerebral Infarction in the General Population | Zendy

George Howard | Zendy; Lynne E. Wagenknecht | Zendy; Jianwen Cai | Zendy; Lawton S. Cooper | Zendy; Michael A. Kraut | Zendy; James F. Toole | Zendy

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Cigarette Smoking and Other Risk Factors for Silent Cerebral Infarction in the General Population

Author(s) -

George Howard,

Lynne E. Wagenknecht,

Jianwen Cai,

Lawton S. Cooper,

Michael A. Kraut,

James F. Toole

Publication year - 1998

Publication title -

stroke

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397

H-Index - 319

eISSN - 1524-4628

pISSN - 0039-2499

DOI - 10.1161/01.str.29.5.913

Subject(s) - medicine , odds ratio , population , confidence interval , epidemiology , risk factor , stroke (engine) , demography , environmental health , mechanical engineering , sociology , engineering

Silent cerebral infarctions (SCIs) have a prevalence between 10% and 40% in the transient ischemic attack population and have been associated with increased mortality and morbidity; however, little is known about the prevalence and risk factors for SCI in the general population. This report focuses on the role of cigarette smoking and other risk factors for SCI in the general population.

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