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The risk of developing an acquired brain injury is greater in people who are anxious, after new research suggests that anxiety can lead to strokes.

People who suffer from anxiety are as much as 74 per cent more likely to suffer a stroke, according to research led by Dr Elisabeth Martens of Tilburg University.

Her team found that the link could not be tied to other factors such as hormone levels or even smoking.

"This was quite surprising," Dr Martens told Reuters.

"The next step will be to find out how anxiety disorder leads to poor cardiovascular outcomes."

She suggested in the article that appeared in the Archives of General Psychiatry that a possible reason could surges in fight-or-flight hormones in people who suffer anxiety attacks.

According to the brain injury charity Headway, stokes are the third most common cause of death in the UK.

A stroke can cause brain injury by starving brain cells of oxygen caused by a blood clot or bleeding in the area.

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