Smoking Modifies the Association Between Radon Exposure and Incident Ischemic Stroke: The REGARDS Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Exposure to radon has been linked to lung cancer and other lung diseases. Although biologically plausible, research of residential radon exposure in relation to stroke risk is scarce.

Methods

Study participants were from the REGARDS (Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke) cohort (n=30 239), which consisted of male and female non-Hispanic Black and White adults aged 45 and older. After excluding participants with baseline stroke and transient ischemic attack, and missing information on exposure and outcome of interest, the final sample size was 26 950. The primary outcome was time to the first ischemic stroke through September 30, 2020. County-level radon measures from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory were linked to each participant based on

SUBMITTER: Zhang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10615728 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature