The Association Between Adult Height and Stroke Incidence in Japanese Men and Women: A Population-based Case-Control Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

No studies have examined the associations between adult height and ischemic stroke subtypes.

Methods

We conducted a population-based case-control study that included 2,451 thrombotic and 687 embolic stroke cases, as well as 1,623 intracerebral and 768 subarachnoid hemorrhage cases without history of stroke aged 40-79 years, and the same number of sex- and age-matched controls. Cases and controls were grouped according to the quintile cut-off values of height in controls, and the third quintile, which was approximately the average height group, was used as the reference group. Height divided by one standard deviation of height in controls was also examined as a continuous variable. The analyses were carried out separately for participants aged 40-59 years and 60-79

SUBMITTER: Kondo Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9727208 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature