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†These authors contributed equally.
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Background: Several studies have linked traumatic injury and
cardiovascular disease. However, few studies have investigated the associations
between traumatic injury and cardiovascular disease subtypes. We aimed to
prospectively examine the association between traumatic injury and the risk of
incident myocardial infarction (MI) and stroke. Methods: This study was
based on a prospective cohort study that included 13,973 patients who had been
hospitalized for traumatic injuries from 1980 to 2020. We randomly selected 4
uninjured participants from the cohort study for each patient as controls matched
by age (