Increased risk of ischemic stroke associated with elevated gamma-glutamyl transferase level in adult cancer survivors: a population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT: Adult cancer survivors may have an increased risk of developing ischemic stroke, potentially influenced by cancer treatment-related factors and shared risk factors with stroke. However, the association between gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT) levels and the risk of ischemic stroke in this population remains understudied. Therefore, our study aimed to examine the relationship between GGT levels and the risk of ischemic stroke using a population-based cohort of adult cancer survivors. A population-based cohort of adult cancer survivors was derived from the National Health Insurance Service-Health Screening Cohort between 2003 and 2005 who survived after diagnosis of primary cancer and participated in the biennial national health screening program between 2009 and 2010. Cox proportional hazar

SUBMITTER: Kim K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10558526 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature