Stroke rate increased 85 percent in young women in large cities in the Western US in a decade

More Millennials Are Having Strokes Scientific American

• “2003 to 2012”

• “. . . stroke risk factors such as obesity, smoking and hypertension are growing among younger adults”

• “In western cities with more than one million residents, for example, the analysis found strokes increased about 85 percent during the 2003 to 2012 time period”

See also Vitamin D Life

Might it be some function of decreased levels of vitamin D, increased hypertension, increased obesity, or ??

• Overview Stroke and vitamin D

• Ischaemic stroke – Vitamin D doubled survival (Injection followed by monthly 60,000 IU) – RCT Aug 2016

• Stroke 74% less likely if high vitamin D (7,295 women 20-50 years old) – July 2017

• Stroke rates increasing in youth and decreasing in elderly (perhaps due to Vitamin D) – Nov 2016

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  • Note: Vitamin D levels have been increasing in elderly and decreasing in youths
  • Many more people now have vitamin D levels above 50 ng, especially seniors – May 2015

Items in BOTH Hypertension AND Stroke are:

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