Abdominal obesity and risk of ischemic stroke: The Northern Manhattan Stroke Study

Stroke

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1586-1592

  Suk, Seung Han ^a,d   Sacco, Ralph L ^a,b,e   Boden Albala, Bernadette ^a   Cheun, Jian F ^a,c   Pittman, John G ^a   Elkind, Mitchell S ^a   Paik, Myunghee C ^c  

^a Mailman School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^b Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain and the Gertrude H Sergievsky Center   (United States)

^c Neurological Institute ^*  (United States)

^d Wonkwang University   (South Korea)

^e NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body constitution; Epidemiology; Obesity; Risk factors; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS; CALCULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMMUNITY CARE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HIP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ABDOMEN; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0038152801     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000075294.98582.2F     Document Type: Article

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