Diabetes, body mass index and the excess risk of coronary heart disease, ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke in the Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration by Murakami, Y, Huxley, R, Lam, T, Tsukinoki, R, Fang, X, Kim, H, Woodward, M

Associations of inflammatory and hemostatic variables with the risk of recurrent stroke. by Woodward, M, Lowe, G, Campbell, D, Colman, S, Rumley, A, Chalmers, J, Neal, B, Patel, A, Jenkins, A, Kemp, B, MacMahon, S

“…CONCLUSIONS: Fibrinogen and CRP are risk predictors for ischemic but not hemorrhagic stroke, independent of potential confounders.…”

Associations of proinflammatory cytokines with the risk of recurrent stroke. by Welsh, P, Lowe, G, Chalmers, J, Campbell, D, Rumley, A, Neal, B, MacMahon, S, Woodward, M

“…No inflammatory marker was associated with hemorrhagic stroke risk. In multivariable models, IL-6 and TNF-alpha fully explained observed associations of C-reactive protein and fibrinogen with risk of ischemic stroke, but TNF-alpha retained borderline significance after full adjustment. …”

The age-specific quantitative effects of metabolic risk factors on cardiovascular diseases and diabetes: a pooled analysis by Singh, G, Danaei, G, Farzadfar, F, Stevens, G, Woodward, M, Wormser, D, Kaptoge, S, Whitlock, G, Qiao, Q, Lewington, S, Di Angelantonio, E, Vander Hoorn, S, Lawes, C, Ali, M, Mozaffarian, D, Ezzati, M

“…At the baseline age of 55–64 years, the RR for 10 mmHg higher SBP was largest for HHD (2.16; 95% CI 2.09–2.24), followed by effects on both stroke subtypes (1.66; 1.39–1.98 for hemorrhagic stroke and 1.63; 1.57–1.69 for ischemic stroke). …”