Smoking and a "young" stroke
Scientists have found out how smoking increases the risk of stroke
Scientists at the Maryland Institute in Baltimore have established how smoking affects the risk of stroke in men younger than 50, according to the portal Eurekalert (Men younger than 50: The more you smoke, the more you stroke).
The researchers studied a group of 615 men aged 15 to 49, each of whom had suffered a stroke in the previous three years, as well as 530 healthy participants of a similar age.
They were divided into groups of smokers who quit smoking and non-smokers. Smokers, in turn, were assigned to one of four groups depending on the number of cigarettes smoked per day: up to ten, from 11 to 20, from 21 to 39 or over 40.
It turned out that the risk of stroke in smokers compared to non-smokers increases by 88%. Those who smoked less than ten cigarettes a day had a 46% higher risk of stroke. Participants who smoked at least two packs a day were almost five times more vulnerable compared to those who did not smoke at all.
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