作者: Jaakko Tuomilehto , Daiva Rastenytė , Pekka Jousilahti , Cinzia Sarti , Erkki Vartiainen
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摘要: Background and Purpose High blood pressure is the most important risk factor for stroke. It also known that diabetic patients are at increased of both hypertension The aim this study was to assess independent effect diabetes as a Results from previous studies question have been somewhat inconclusive. Methods We performed prospective (average follow-up, 16.4 years) 8077 men 8572 women who had participated in surveys Eastern Finland 1972 (20 years follow-up) 1977 (15 follow-up). Risk factors included current analyses were smoking, pressure, antihypertensive drug treatment, serum total cholesterol, either baseline or developed during follow-up. Age- factor-adjusted relative risks death stroke determined with Cox proportional hazards model. Diabetes mellitus strongest among wom...