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Higher Stroke Incidence in the Spring Season Regardless of Conventional Risk Factors
Author(s) -
Tanvir Chowdhury Turin,
Yoshikuni Kita,
Yoshitaka Murakami,
Nahid Rumana,
Hideki Sugihara,
Yutaka Morita,
Nobuyoshi Tomioka,
Akira Okayama,
Yasuyuki Nakamura,
Robert D. Abbott,
Hirotsugu Ueshima
Publication year - 2008
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/strokeaha.107.495929
Subject(s) - medicine , stroke (engine) , incidence (geometry) , diabetes mellitus , risk factor , population , cerebral infarction , demography , epidemiology , endocrinology , engineering , mechanical engineering , physics , environmental health , ischemia , sociology , optics
Seasonal variation in stroke incidence was examined using 14-year stroke registration data in a Japanese population. We also examined if this variation was modified by conventional stroke risk factors hypertension, diabetes mellitus, drinking, and smoking.

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