【學(xué)習(xí)筆記】懂你英語 核心課 Level 6 Unit 1 Part 3（V）閱讀 Blood Pressure and Stroke

A large international study has found that ten risk factors account for 90 percent of all the risk of stroke.Of that list, five risk factors usually related to lifestyle are responsible for a full 80 percent of stroke risk. According to the researchers these risk factors - high blood pressure,smoking,abdominal obesity, diet and physical activity - are modifiable and can be controlled.

The findings come from a study of 3,000 people who had had strokes and an equal number of healthy individuals with no history of stroke. The study also includes a brain scan of all participating stroke survivors, according to the researchers.

Across the board, high blood pressure was the most important factor,accounting for one-third of all stroke risk. Blood pressure, it was noted, plays a major role in both forms of stroke: ischemic,the most common form(caused by blockage of a brain blood vessel), and hemorrhagic or bleeding stroke, in which a blood vessel in the brain bursts.

Blood pressure is easily measured, and there are lots of treatments. Lifestyle modifications to control it include increasing physical activity and reducing salt intake. The other lifestyle risk factors are modifiable as well. High intake of fish and fruits, for example, is associated with a lower risk of stroke.

Many of the same risk factors have been reported in other studies, but this is the first stroke risk study to include both low-and middle-income participants in developing countries.The study confirms that high blood pressure is the leading cause of stroke in both developing and developed countries.This highlights the need for health authorities in those countries to develop strategies to reduce high blood pressure, salt intake and other risk factors.

【選擇】-What is the most common form of stroke?? ?-blockage of a brain blood vessel

【選擇】-What does the study confirm? The study confirms that high blood pressure is the leading cause of stroke in both developing and developed countries.

【選擇】-According to this article,? lifestyle factors are responsible for most strokes.

【選擇】-Which of the following is not the risk factor for stroke? high intake of fish and fruits

【選擇】-In this situation, "across the board"? means for all groups.

【選擇】-If something bursts, it suddenly breaks.

【選擇】-Someone's lifestyle is their habits and manner of living.

【選擇】-To highlight something means...? ?to emphasize its importance.

【選擇】-To be associated with something means to be linked to it in some way.

【選擇】-Health authorities need to developed strategies to reduce high blood pressure.

【選擇】-High blood pressure accounts for a third of all stroke risk.

【選擇】-Which risk factor is the most important? Across the board, high blood pressure was the most important factor,accounting for one-third of all stroke risk.

【選擇】-What is one lifestyle modification to control blood pressure?? Lifestyle modifications to control it include increasing physical activity and reducing salt intake.