Stroke is one of the cause of death all over the world, so here is one of the solutions that researchers can give you. Check out the article we found over at Natural News.
(NaturalNews) Stroke is a leading cause of death throughout the world, and it is responsible for the most deaths in China. Prevention before a first stroke occurs — often called primary prevention — is of the utmost in importance, because most strokes — about 77 percent — can be termed as being first-time events. According to The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), a recent study undertaken in China involving the vitamin B supplementation has promising implications for the short- and long-term health of those most at risk for stroke.
At Peking University’s First Hospital, Yong Huo, M.D., the study’s director, along with colleagues and assistants, studied 20,702 adults who already had been diagnosed with hypertension but who did not have a history of either heart attack or stroke. Each person was assigned to a daily treatment. One group received a tablet of enalapril and folic acid combined, while the other group received only enalapril.Long-term study shows promise
For more than five years — from May 2008 to August 2013 — the trial was conducted. The participants resided within 32 communities in the provinces of Anhui and Jiangsu in China. Within the 4.25-year study window, researchers noted, the incidences of stroke were significantly reduced in those participants who were assigned the tablet containing folic acid.
The numbers explained
Of the participants who had first-time strokes during the study, 282 were in the group who was assigned to take the folic acid supplement, while the group that was not had 355 participants who had a stroke. These data correlate to 2.7 percent of participants and 3.4 percent of participants, respectively, a risk reduction of about 21 percent. The researchers also noted that the participants who were assigned to take folicacid had a reduction of ischemic stroke as well as other cardiovascular occurrences such as heart attack and cardiovascular death.
The researchers’ conclusions
The scientists behind this study wrote that their data correlate with other existing evidence showing that folic acid supplementation can result in a huge differences in patient outcomes. Study participants with a lower baseline of folic acid were shown to have a more pronounced benefit when compared to those participants who already had a strong baseline level of folate.
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