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Total and HDL cholesterol and risk of stroke. EUROSTROKE: a collaborative study among research centres in Europe

Michiel L. Bots, P C Elwood, Jukka T. Salonen, A Freire de Concalves, Domenico Inzitari, Juhani Sivenius, Vassiliki Benetou, Jaakko Tuomilehto, Peter J. Koudstaal, Diederick E. Grobbee

Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health · 2002 · 141 citations · 43 references

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Abstract

This analysis of the EUROSTROKE project could not disclose an association of total cholesterol with fatal, non-fatal, haemorrhagic or ischaemic stroke. HDL cholesterol however, seemed to be related to stroke differently in men than in women.

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