The relationship between new stroke onset and serum thiocyanate as an indicator to cigarette smoking.

H. Wang, M. Sekine, H. Yokokawa, S. Hamanishi, X. Chen, M. Sayama, Y. Naruse, H. Nakagawa, S. Kagamimori

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Abstract

The case subjects were 67 stroke patients (27 males and 40 females, mean age 65.7+/-7.1), who suffered from stroke attack and had participated in annual medical check-up between 1987 and 1988 at Oyabe Public Health Center. The controls, which were adjusted for sex, age and blood pressure level with the case subjects, were selected from participants attending their annual medical check-up in 1987-1988. The serum thiocyanate level of case subjects were significantly higher than that of controls (p

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)233-237
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of epidemiology / Japan Epidemiological Association
Volume11
Issue number5
StatePublished - Sep 2001
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Epidemiology

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