Serum Vitamin C Concentration Was Inversely Associated With Subsequent 20-Year Incidence of Stroke in a Japanese Rural Community
Author(s) -
Akira Yokoyama,
Chigusa Date,
Yoshihiro Kokubo,
Nobuo Yoshiike,
Yasuhiro Matsumura,
Heizo Tanaka
Publication year - 2000
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.31.10.2287
Subject(s) - medicine , stroke (engine) , quartile , incidence (geometry) , cerebral infarction , body mass index , epidemiology , atrial fibrillation , cohort , confidence interval , ischemia , mechanical engineering , physics , optics , engineering
Epidemiological evidence suggests that vitamin C may decrease the risk of stroke. The purpose of the present study was to examine the association of serum vitamin C concentration with the subsequent incidence of stroke.
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