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Sep 2026
Anxiety disorders, PTSD, and risk of first-ever stroke: A meta-analysis of 11 million participants.
BACKGROUND Anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) involve chronic fear and stress-related dysregulation that may increase vascular risk, yet their association with stroke and stroke type has not been systematically evaluated. We aimed to quantify associations between anx...
N. Imtiaz, R. Ranjan, Gie Ken-Dror et al.
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