Alcohol Boosts Stroke Risk More Than Do Hypertension, Diabetes

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Alcohol Boosts Stroke Risk More Than Do Hypertension, Diabetes


Drinking more than two alcoholic beverages a day in middle-age raises stroke risk in early old age more than do traditional risk factors, such as high blood pressure and diabetes, a new study suggests.

The study is published online January 29 in Stroke, with first author Pavla Kadlecová, MSc, St. Anne’s Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic.
The study found that individuals who consumed more than two drinks a day during midlife had double the risk for stroke between the ages of 60 and 75 years compared with those who consumed an average of half an alcoholic drink per day.

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