... in this population. The purpose of this study was to correlate brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings with obesity, alcohol use, and smoking behaviors in elderly American Indians from the Strong Heart Study. Methods: Cranial MRI scans ( n = 789) were analyzed for dichotomous measures of infarcts...

...Kalle Vaaramo; Jussi Puljula; Sami Tetri; Seppo Juvela; Matti Hillbom Objective: Alcohol-related mortality may be influenced by the level of alcohol consumption. We investigated the effect of alcohol price reduction on mortality in a cohort of 827 subjects with head injury. Methods: We used...

... rates of cancer of the brain. Methods: Associations of latitude and UVB irradiance with age-standardized incidence rates of cancer of the brain were analyzed for 175 countries while controlling for proportion of population overweight, energy from animal sources, fish consumption, cigarette and alcohol...

...K. Gousias; M. Markou; S. Voulgaris; A. Goussia; P. Voulgari; M. Bai; K. Polyzoidis; A. Kyritsis; Y. Alamanos Background: To investigate the epidemiologic and clinical characteristics (age, sex, tumor location, socioeconomic status) and potential predisposing factors (alcohol, tobacco, mobile phone...

... lifestyle dimensions: physical exercise, dietary habits, BMI, smoking and alcohol consumption. The healthiest behavior was defined as: a BMI <22; a diet high in fruits, vegetables, wholemeal/low-fat foods and unsaturated fatty acids; energy expenditure through physical activity >13,000 kcal/week...

... 16–34 years had 10-fold proportionate mortality from TBI compared to boys aged ≤15 years. Alcohol drinking was associated with a particularly prominent number of intentional injuries in young men. Conclusion: Incidence and mortality rates of TBI vary according to age and gender. Peaks occur...

... smoking and coffee and alcohol consumption). The study groups consisted of 210 cases with clinically proven and/or laboratory-confirmed MS (Poser’s criteria) and an identical number of sex- and age-matched hospital controls. In the MS patients, cigarette smoking was significantly more frequent than...

... of alcohol consumption as a risk factor for HS in Chile. Methods: Case-control study in Santiago, Chile, of 140 consecutive patients with CT-confirmed HS, matched by sex and age with 140 hospital controls. Alcohol consumption was measured in grams (ethanol) per week, using a questionnaire administered...

...P. Ragonese; G. Salemi; L. Morgante; P. Aridon; A. Epifanio; D. Buffa; F. Scoppa; G. Savettieri Objective: To investigate the association between cigarette smoking, alcohol drinking, coffee consumption and Parkinson’s disease (PD). Methods: We selected subjects affected by idiopathic PD...

...Arthur L. Klatsky; Mary Anne Armstrong; Gary D. Friedman; Stephen Sidney In view of conflicting prior reports, we prospectively studied associations between alcohol consumption and subsequent hospitalization for hemorrhagic stroke (HS) in 431 persons. Alcohol use was determined at examinations...

... and 2,320 controls were analyzed as potential PD risk factors. The risk of PD was significantly reduced among smokers, hypertensives, coffee drinkers and alcohol consumers, and significantly increased among those with 3 or more children and with a high intake of total vitamin A and dietary vitamin C...

...I.B. Puddey; K.D. Croft Anti-oxidant effects of polyphenolic flavonoid compounds found in alcoholic beverages, especially red wine, have been proposed to mediate, at least in part, protective effects of regular light-to-moderate alcohol use against stroke and coronary artery disease. The proposed...

...Matti Hillbom; Heikki Numminen Epidemiological evidence indicates that recent heavy alcohol consumption increases the risk for all major types of stroke, whereas light-to-moderate alcohol intake is associated with a decreased risk of ischemic stroke. Although heavy drinking elevates blood pressure...

... that alcohol intake at some level has a beneficial effect on CHD, the degree of protection claimed is almost certainly exaggerated by comparison with an inappropriate control group and by the limited adjustment procedures used to take into account the differing characteristics of the various alcohol intake...

..., quality or safety. The publisher and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Migraine Epidemiology Serotonin Sleep latency Alcohol Hypothesis...

.... Among the life-style factors analyzed, a significant, independent effect was found for cigarette smoking, daily consumption of sleeping pills or tranquilizers and body mass index (BMI). There was a tendency for daily alcohol intake to be associated with lower risk, this could not be demonstrated...

... attacks (TIA) and nonrheumatic atrial fibrillation had a greater than 10-fold increased risk of stroke in the subsequent 30 months. Men, smokers, alcohol drinkers, overweight subjects, and diabetics, also had a relative risk greater than one, but this did not reach statistical significance. Hypertensive...