date:Jan 14, 2013
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Iron intake particularly heme iron found in red meat has been associated withseveral disease, according to the study report. The current study was meant toexamine the association between heme iron and nonheme iron intake and risk ofstroke in men.
The study involved in 3097 incident cases of stroke including 2482 cerebralinfarctions and 450 intracerebral hemorrhages identified among 38,859 men aged 45to 79 years who did not have history of stroke, coronary heart disease or cancerat baselin