Healthy diet and lifestyle and risk of stroke in a prospective cohort of women.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the association between a low-risk lifestyle and risk of stroke.

Methods

The study population comprised 31,696 women, in the population-based Swedish Mammography Cohort who at baseline had completed a questionnaire about diet and lifestyle and were free from cardiovascular disease and cancer. We defined a low-risk lifestyle as a healthy diet (top 50% of a Recommended Food Score), moderate alcohol consumption (5-15 g/d), never smoking, physically active (walking/bicycling ≥40 min/d and exercise ≥1 h/wk), and body mass index below 25 kg/m(2). Stroke cases were identified from the Swedish National Patient Register and the Swedish Cause of Death Register.

Results

We ascertained 1,554 incident stroke cases, including 1,155 cerebral infarctions, 246

SUBMITTER: Larsson SC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4239835 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature