The study ‘Primary prevention of stroke by healthy lifestyle’ revealed
that stroke
is the third leading cause of death in the US leading to permanent disability
and economic difficulties due to impairment. And prevention is considered to be the most
effective strategy: healthy lifestyle, such as not smoking, diet, exercise and
optimal body weight, may be more effective in lowering risk of cardiovascular
disease(CVD), diabetes and cancer than any one single factor. Also these five
lifestyle factors are consider as low-risk lifestyle.
From the same
study we learn that among the women and men, smoking,
exercise, diet and BMI were directly associated with the risk of total and
ischemic stroke. Alcohol had a “J-shaped” association with risk of stroke in
women with a lower risk among light drinkers but an elevated risk among heavier
drinkers (≥30 g alcohol/day). Among men the pattern was similar, although the
relative risks were not significant. In general, lower scores on all 3 dietary
scores were associated with greater risk
of stroke. Mid-life BMI was more strongly associated with risk of stroke than
most recent BMI.
Learn more from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2730914/
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