Risk of dementia according to the smoking habit change after ischemic stroke: a nationwide population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT: There is a paucity of research regarding the association between the risk of incident dementia and changes in smoking habits in the acute ischemic stroke population. We aimed to investigate the effects of smoking habit change on the risk of incident dementia in an ischemic stroke population using data from the Korean National Health Insurance Services Database. This nationwide population-based cohort study included 197,853 patients with ischemic stroke. The patients were divided into never smokers, former smokers, smoking quitters, sustained smokers, and new smokers, based on the 2-year change in smoking status between the two consecutive health examinations before and after the index stroke. The patients were followed up from the index date to 2018 to assess the development of dementia. D

SUBMITTER: Cheon DY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9794689 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature