Excess body weight and risk of first-ever acute ischaemic non-embolic stroke in elderly subjects

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 762-769

  Milionis, H J ^a   Filippatos, T D ^a   Derdemezis, C S ^a   Kalantzi, K J ^a   Goudevenos, J ^a   Seferiadis, K ^b   Mikhailidis, D P ^c   Elisaf, M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^c ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BMI; HDL; Metabolic syndrome; Obesity; Stroke; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; CHOLESTEROL; FIBRINOGEN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; URIC ACID;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; METABOLIC DISORDER; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; STROKE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 34347327192     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2007.01849.x     Document Type: Article

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