Background A systematic review assessing the association between overweight and obesity
in young adulthood and stroke risk is lacking. Therefore, we conducted a meta-analysis to …

Background Aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage (aSAH) disproportionally affects
women. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to explore sex differences in …

Background and Purpose—Women are at higher risk for subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH)
than men for unknown reasons. Also cumulative effects of smoking have been neglected …

Importance Uncertainty persists regarding the independent association of general and
central adiposity with major stroke types. Objective To determine the independent …

Background and Purpose—One in every 4 subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) patients dies
suddenly outside hospital, but most SAH risk factor studies focus on hospitalized patients …

Background and Purpose—Growing evidence from experimental animal models and clinical
studies suggests the protective effect of statin use against rupture of intracranial aneurysms; …

Background In the 1970s, men in northern Sweden had among the highest prevalences of
cardiovascular diseases (CVD) worldwide. An intervention program combining population …

Background Subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) is a devastating disease, with high mortality
rate and substantial disability among survivors. Its causes are poorly understood. We aimed …

Background The role played by total cholesterol (TC) in risk for subarachnoid hemorrhage
(SAH) is unclear because studies report both high and low TC each as a risk factor. We …

Background and purpose We used two‐sample Mendelian randomization (MR) to examine
the effects of blood lipids and lipid‐modifying drugs on intracranial aneurysm (IA). Methods …