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Improvement in Stroke Mortality in Canada and the United States, 1990 to 2002

Author(s) -

Quanhe Yang,

Lorenzo D. Botto,

Jon D. Erickson,

R. J. Berry,

Christie Sambell,

Helen Johansen,

Jan M. Friedman

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

circulation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795

H-Index - 607

eISSN - 1524-4539

pISSN - 0009-7322

DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.105.570846

Subject(s) - medicine , stroke (engine) , population , cohort , demography , fortification , homocysteine , risk factor , mortality rate , surgery , environmental health , mechanical engineering , chemistry , food science , sociology , engineering

In the United States and Canada, folic acid fortification of enriched grain products was fully implemented by 1998. The resulting population-wide reduction in blood homocysteine concentrations might be expected to reduce stroke mortality if high homocysteine levels are an independent risk factor for stroke.

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