Non-cigarette Tobacco Use and Stroke Among West Africans: Evidence From the SIREN Study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Non-cigarette tobacco (NCT) represents a form of tobacco use with a misperceived significance in chronic disease events. Whether NCT use is sufficient to promote stroke events, especially among Africans, is yet to be understood. This study assessed the relationship between NCT use and stroke among indigenous Africans.

Methods

A total of 7617 respondents (NCT users: 41 vs. non-NCT: 7576) from the Stroke Investigative Research and Educational Network (SIREN) study were included in the current analysis. NCT use was defined as self-reported use of smoked (cigars or piper) or smokeless (snuff or chewed) tobacco in the past year preceding stroke events. Stroke was defined based on clinical presentation and confirmed with a cranial computed tomography/magnetic resonanc

SUBMITTER: Fakunle AG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11494228 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature