Genetic risk, incident stroke, and the benefits of adhering to a healthy lifestyle: cohort study of 306 473 UK Biobank participants.

Loes C A Rutten-JacobsSusanna C LarssonRainer MalikKristiina Rannikmäenull nullnull nullCathie L SudlowMartin DichgansHugh S MarkusMatthew Traylor

Published in: BMJ (Clinical research ed.) (2018)

In this cohort study, genetic and lifestyle factors were independently associated with incident stroke. These results emphasise the benefit of entire populations adhering to a healthy lifestyle, independent of genetic risk.

Keyphrases

cardiovascular disease
metabolic syndrome
genome wide
weight loss
physical activity
atrial fibrillation
copy number
cross sectional
brain injury
breast cancer risk