THURSDAY, July 22, 2004 (HealthDayNews) -- Strokes are most common on Mondays, although the brain attacks are least likely to strike the day before, says a a Finnish study in the July 22 online issue of Stroke.
Researchers investigated the relationship between weekday variations in stroke and socioeconomic status, focusing on ischemic strokes, or those caused by blood clots that block blood flow to the brain.
They found the fewest number of strokes occurred on Sunday, while the most occurred on Monday -- 10 percent above the weekly average for men and 8.3 percent above the weekly average for women.
Among the elderly, education and wealth appeared to protect against Monday strokes, said lead author Dr. Dimitrije Jakovljevic, a neurosurgeon at the National Public Health Institute of Finland.
Low-income elderly men suffered strokes at 17.9 percent above the weekly average on Mondays, compared with 14.4 percent above for middle-income people.
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