What was the study aim or research question

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Article: Download, read, and comprehend, article, "Genetic risk, incident stroke, and the benefits of adhering to a healthy lifestyle: cohort study of 306 473 UK Biobank participants".

Answer these questions while summarizing the article)

1) Did the study answer a specific research question? What is it?

2) What was the study aim or research question?

3) Who was the population of interest?

4) What was the study design and data used?

5) Did the study attempt to detect beneficial or harmful effect?

6) What were the risk factors under study and what was the outcome measure?

7) What was the main conclusion?

8) Did the authors use the appropriate study design to answer the proposed research question? If yes, justify, if no, justify

9) What potential disadvantages or limitations this study could suffer from?

10) Were the results presented appropriately and clearly?

11) Were the conclusions based on results?

12) Have the authors taken account of the potential confounding factors in the design/ or in their analyses?

13) Do you believe the results? Justify.

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