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Gene Variants Cause Higher Stroke Risk in Younger Women
22/Sep/2006: A new research for the “Stroke Prevention in Young Women Study 2” has revealed that the existence of some gene variants may raise the risk of stroke in younger women.
Even though the risk of stroke increases with age, the new study has indicated that certain genes may cause stroke earlier in women.
The researchers at University of Maryland reported that the genetic variants in more than 400 women both black and white between the ages 15 to 49 had suffered an ischemic stroke.
83% of all strokes that occur are ischemic strokes and they are caused by the blockage in the blood vessel that supplies blood to the brain.
The study which was published in the August issue of Human Molecular Genetics, also found that the risk ranged between 50 – 100% depending on the type of genetic variation.
This new finding is essential as it could lead to screening of stroke genes in high risk women. Dr. John W. Cole, a research staff physician at the Baltimore Veterans Affairs Medical Center and an assistant professor of neurology at the University of Maryland, School of Medicine stresses that this study should be taken as a warning to all high risk women to charge of their lifestyle by losing weight, eating a healthy diet and quit smoking.
Since the existence of the stroke gene cannot be changed therefore it is only wise to change the risk factors.
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