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Social Support and Stroke and Coronary Heart Disease

Author(s) -

Ai Ikeda,

Hiroyasu Iso,

Ichiro Kawachi,

Kazumasa Yamagishi,

Manami Inoue,

Shoichiro Tsugane

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.107.496695

Subject(s) - medicine , stroke (engine) , incidence (geometry) , myocardial infarction , social support , cohort , hazard ratio , cohort study , prospective cohort study , disease , cardiology , confidence interval , mechanical engineering , psychology , physics , optics , psychotherapist , engineering

Studies conducted in Western countries have found a robust association between social support and cardiovascular outcomes (eg, prognosis after myocardial infarction and functional recovery after stroke). However, less is known about the influence of social support on the same outcomes among Asian populations. In this prospective cohort study, we sought to examine the impact of social support on the incidence and mortality of coronary heart disease and stroke among the Japanese.

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