Association between adult body structure and stroke risk

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Naoyuki Takashima. Hypertens Res. 2025 Jan.

. 2025 Jan;48(1):431-433.

doi: 10.1038/s41440-024-02009-7. Epub 2024 Nov 14.

¹ Department of Epidemiology for Community Health and Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan. n-taka@koto.kpu-m.ac.jp.

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Keywords: Height; Hypertension; Stroke.

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Compliance with ethical standards. Conflict of interest: The author declares no competing interests.

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