Physical Activity and Stroke Risk
Why the study?
Do moderate and high levels of physical activity reduce the risk of total, ischemic, and hemorrhagic strokes?
Design
Other
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Discussion
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Implication
Supports activity counseling for stroke prevention; hypothesis-generating and requires RCTs before practice change.
Structured PICO
Do moderate and high levels of physical activity reduce the risk of total, ischemic, and hemorrhagic strokes?
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Intervention
Moderate and high levels of physical activity
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Outcome
Total, ischemic, and hemorrhagic strokeshard clinical
Moderate and high levels of physical activity are associated with a reduced risk of all types of stroke.
Cite This Study
Lee et al. (2003) studied this question.