Association between serum calcium levels and first stroke: A community-based nested case-control study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Evidence from epidemiologic studies has been limited and inconsistent regarding the role of serum calcium in stroke incidence risk. We aimed to evaluate the association between serum albumin-corrected calcium and the risk of the first stroke in the Chinese community-dwelling population.

Methods

The study sample population was drawn from the "H-type Hypertension and Stroke Prevention and Control Project." Using a nested case-control study, a total of 1,255 first-stroke cases and 1,255 controls matched for age, sex, and village were included in the final data analysis. We measured the serum calcium by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry and assessed the associations between serum albumin-corrected calcium and first stroke using conditional logistic regressi

SUBMITTER: Ding C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9388910 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature