Smoking and Risk of Ischemic Stroke in Young Men.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

There is a strong dose-response relationship between smoking and risk of ischemic stroke in young women, but there are few data examining this association in young men. We examined the dose-response relationship between the quantity of cigarettes smoked and the odds of developing an ischemic stroke in men under age 50 years.

Methods

The Stroke Prevention in Young Men Study is a population-based case-control study of risk factors for ischemic stroke in men ages 15 to 49 years. The χ² test was used to test categorical comparisons. Logistic regression models were used to calculate the odds ratio for ischemic stroke occurrence comparing current and former smokers to never smokers. In the first model, we adjusted solely for age. In the second mod

SUBMITTER: Markidan J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5916531 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature