Preventive medicine
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Preventive medicine · Feb 2006
Smoking predicts long-term mortality in stroke: The European Prospective Investigation into Cancer (EPIC)-Norfolk prospective population study.
: While the relationship between risk factors and stroke is well established, there is less information about the risk factors and survival after stroke. We examined the independent association between cardiovascular and modifiable lifestyle risk factors and subsequent mortality in people with stroke. ⋯ : Our findings may provide further empirical encouragement for smoking cessation after stroke.