The risk of stroke - especially the type caused by blood clots or other obstacles that travel from the heart - appears to be greater in people who have higher levels of iron, according to new research.
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New research finds a link between increased levels of iron and the risk of some kinds.

Researchers from Imperial College London, UK, examined the risk of stroke in people for whom they had information about their iron levels and if they had genetic differences that changed their iron status.

This proved evidence that those with "genetically determined higher" iron levels were at greater risk of stroke, they noted in a report on the study currently in the Stroke journal.

In addition, it appears that "this effect is driven by an increased risk of cardiovascular disease", a type of stroke where blood in a vessel that supplies the brain seems blocked due to an obstruction that has left the heart.



However, the writers warn that people should not use these findings as a reason to try to change their iron levels, and they require further research to confirm their results and also find out why iron can have this effect.

"This is an early discovery," says lead student author Dr. Dipender Gill, from the Public Health School at Imperial College London "and we would not really recommend that patients who risk stroke reduce their iron intake because it has many important roles in the body."


Cardio-embolic stroke and iron status
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), about 15 million people have stroke every year. Of these, 5 million will die as a result and another 5 million will be disabled for the rest of their lives.

In the United States, more than 795,000 people have stroke each year and about 140,000 die, which account for 1 in 20 deaths.

The majority of strokes are of the ischemic type that occurs when a blockage in a blood vessel has stopped acidic and nutritional blood that reaches the affected part of the brain.





Cardio-embolic stroke accounts for a remarkable share of ischemic stroke and is often associated with a heart disease called atrial fibrillation, where the heart strikes irregularly and often faster than normal.

Iron has many uses in the body, the primary is to carry oxygen in red blood cells. The authors explain that studies have investigated the connections between iron levels and strokesis, but the results have been "contradictory".

For example, some studies have tied an increased risk of stroke to low levels of iron, while others have tied it to high levels of iron. In addition, there have also been studies that have not been a link at all.


Genetically driven iron status
Dr. Gill explains that they decided to investigate further because there have also been studies that have "suggested that in some cases iron can [actually] trigger blood to form a blood clot."

The first part of the team's survey meant identifying genetic differences that affect how much iron people have, which is known as their "iron status".

They sought public data sources that contained genetic information of more than 48,000 people.





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