Risk factors for subarachnoid haemorrhage: a nationwide cohort of 950 000 adults.

Background: Subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) is a devastating disease, with high mortality rate and substantial disability among survivors. Its causes are poorly understood. We aimed to investigate risk factors for SAH using a novel nationwide cohort consortium.

Serum levels of monobenzylphthalate (MBzP) is related to carotid atherosclerosis in the elderly.

Background And Objective: Background exposure to environmental contaminants has recently emerged as a new risk factor for cardiovascular disease in general and to atheroclerosis in particular. This cross-sectional study was performed to evaluate if serum concentrations of the phthalate metabolite monobenzylphthalate (MBzP) are related to atheroclerosis in the carotid arteries.

Methods: In the population-based Prospective Investigation of the Vasculature in Uppsala Seniors (PIVUS) study (1003 subjects all aged 70) the prevalence of overt plaques and echogenicity (gray-scale median, GSM) of carotid artery plaques were recorded by ultrasound in both of the carotid arteries.

The relationship between executive dysfunction and post-stroke mortality: a population-based cohort study.

Objectives: To study the associations of pre-stroke cognitive performance with mortality after first-ever stroke or transient ischaemic attack (TIA).

Design: A prospective cohort study.

Setting And Participants: In participants having first-ever stroke or TIA during up to 14 years of post-test follow-up (n=155), we investigated the associations of pre-stroke variables and cognitive test results with post-stroke survival.

Age and follow-up time affect the prognostic value of the ECG and conventional cardiovascular risk factors for stroke in adult men.

Objectives: To explore whether the predictive power of mid-life ECG abnormalities and conventional cardiovascular risk factors for future stroke change over a 30-year follow-up period, and whether a repeated examination improves their predictive power.

Design And Setting: Longitudinal population-based study.

Participants: 2,322 men aged 50 years, with a follow-up period of 30 years.

Metabolic risk factors for stroke and transient ischemic attacks in middle-aged men: a community-based study with long-term follow-up.

Background And Purpose: The impact of lipometabolic and glucometabolic disturbances on stroke incidence remains to be characterized in detail. We investigated relations of a comprehensive panel of baseline lipometabolic and glucometabolic variables to incident fatal and nonfatal stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA), and stroke subtypes.

Methods: A community-based prospective study of 2313 middle-aged men invited to a health survey at age 50.