Changes in the living arrangement and risk of stroke in Japan; does it matter who lives in the household? Who among the family matters?

Previous studies have suggested associations of family composition with morbidity and mortality; however, the evidence of associations with risk of stroke is limited. We sought to examine the impact of changes in the household composition on risk of stroke and its types in Japanese population. Cox p...

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Main Authors: Ehab Salah Eshak, Hiroyasu Iso, Kaori Honjo, Ai Noda, Norie Sawada, Shoichiro Tsugane, Japan Public Health based Cohort (JPHC) study
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5390969?pdf=render