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New Framingham Data Indicate That Smoking Is Also a Risk Factor for Stroke

New Framingham Data Indicate That Smoking Is Also a Risk Factor for Stroke WHERE THERE'S SMOKE there's... likely to be an increased risk for some disease. Recently stroke was added to the list of diseases and medical events linked to cigarette smoking. The link, forged by the Framingham Heart Study, was reported at the 12th International Joint Conference on Stroke and Cerebral Circulation in Tampa, Fla. The investigators said that now that the cohort is old enough to have had a substantial number of strokes, they have found that the smokers in the group have a significantly higher risk of stroke than do the nonsmokers. But the forecast was not universally bad for smokers. Philip A. Wolf, MD, who presented the results at the conference, noted that the risk of stroke was dose related and reversible. The risk of stroke in light smokers (who smoked ten or fewer cigarettes per day) was not significantly higher than that in nonsmokers. However, the stroke risk of heavy smokers (those who smoked http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png JAMA American Medical Association

New Framingham Data Indicate That Smoking Is Also a Risk Factor for Stroke

Merz, Beverly
JAMA , Volume 257 (16) – Apr 24, 1987
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American Medical Association
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Copyright © 1987 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved. Applicable FARS/DFARS Restrictions Apply to Government Use.
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0098-7484
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1538-3598
DOI
10.1001/jama.1987.03390160018006
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Abstract

WHERE THERE'S SMOKE there's... likely to be an increased risk for some disease. Recently stroke was added to the list of diseases and medical events linked to cigarette smoking. The link, forged by the Framingham Heart Study, was reported at the 12th International Joint Conference on Stroke and Cerebral Circulation in Tampa, Fla. The investigators said that now that the cohort is old enough to have had a substantial number of strokes, they have found that the smokers in the group have a significantly higher risk of stroke than do the nonsmokers. But the forecast was not universally bad for smokers. Philip A. Wolf, MD, who presented the results at the conference, noted that the risk of stroke was dose related and reversible. The risk of stroke in light smokers (who smoked ten or fewer cigarettes per day) was not significantly higher than that in nonsmokers. However, the stroke risk of heavy smokers (those who smoked

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JAMA – American Medical Association

Published: Apr 24, 1987

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