Stress|The study did not show a corresponding increase in risk in men.
Helsinki derived from a university hospital study According to stress, stress loads increases the risk of stroke in young women.
The European control group was compared to about four hundred people under the age of 50 who had recently had a stroke and did not have traditional stroke risk factors.
At issue is the largest international study that has shown that constant increased stress clearly increases the risk of stroke, especially in young women, where the cause of the infarction is otherwise unknown. No corresponding risk increase in men was observed.
According to studies, cerebral infarctions for people under the age of 50 have become more common. Up to half of those suffering from infarction, the causes of the infarction will not survive.