Relationship between smoking and stroke and its subtypes
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-4165.2011.04.012
- VernacularTitle:吸烟与卒中和卒中亚型的关系
- Author:
Ying JIN
;
Shengping WU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Smoking Stroke;
Risk factors
- From:
International Journal of Cerebrovascular Diseases
2011;19(4):298-301
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Smoking is one of the major risk factors for stroke. Both active and passive smoking may increase the risks of stroke, and the risks of stroke may decrease after smoking cessation, even no significant difference with non-smokers. Because of the different age, sex, smoking quantity, years of smoking, and regions of the smoking popuation, their strokes and the risks of all stroke subtypes are also different.
