Life-long physical activity involvement and the risk of Ischemic Stroke in Southern China
A case-control study was conducted in southern China to investigate the relationship between life-long physical activity involvement and the risk of ischemic stroke. Information on life-long physical activity exposure and other lifestyle characteristics was obtained from 374 incident stroke patients...
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| description | A case-control study was conducted in southern China to investigate the relationship between life-long physical activity involvement and the risk of ischemic stroke. Information on life-long physical activity exposure and other lifestyle characteristics was obtained from 374 incident stroke patients and 464 hospital-based controls using a validated and reliable questionnaire. Logistic regression analyses were performed to assess the association between life-long physical activity involvement and the ischemic stroke risk. The control subjects reported more involvement in physical activity over the life course than the stroke patients (P < .0 0 1). The risk of ischemic stroke was inversely associated with life-long physical activity exposure, with adjusted odds ratio 0.39 (95% confidence interval 0.25 to 0.59) for participants who had always been involved relative to those who have never been much involved. The dose-response relationship was also significant (P < .0 0 1). Therefore, being active life long should be encouraged to prevent this major chronic disease. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-357162017-09-13T15:30:23Z Life-long physical activity involvement and the risk of Ischemic Stroke in Southern China Lee, Andy Liang, Wenbin A case-control study was conducted in southern China to investigate the relationship between life-long physical activity involvement and the risk of ischemic stroke. Information on life-long physical activity exposure and other lifestyle characteristics was obtained from 374 incident stroke patients and 464 hospital-based controls using a validated and reliable questionnaire. Logistic regression analyses were performed to assess the association between life-long physical activity involvement and the ischemic stroke risk. The control subjects reported more involvement in physical activity over the life course than the stroke patients (P < .0 0 1). The risk of ischemic stroke was inversely associated with life-long physical activity exposure, with adjusted odds ratio 0.39 (95% confidence interval 0.25 to 0.59) for participants who had always been involved relative to those who have never been much involved. The dose-response relationship was also significant (P < .0 0 1). Therefore, being active life long should be encouraged to prevent this major chronic disease. 2010 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/35716 10.4061/2010/415241 SAGE-Hindawi fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Lee, Andy Liang, Wenbin Life-long physical activity involvement and the risk of Ischemic Stroke in Southern China |
| title | Life-long physical activity involvement and the risk of Ischemic Stroke in Southern China |
| title_full | Life-long physical activity involvement and the risk of Ischemic Stroke in Southern China |
| title_fullStr | Life-long physical activity involvement and the risk of Ischemic Stroke in Southern China |
| title_full_unstemmed | Life-long physical activity involvement and the risk of Ischemic Stroke in Southern China |
| title_short | Life-long physical activity involvement and the risk of Ischemic Stroke in Southern China |
| title_sort | life-long physical activity involvement and the risk of ischemic stroke in southern china |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/35716 |