Body mass index, blood pressure, and mortality from stroke: A nationally representative prospective study of 212 000 Chinese men

Stroke

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 753-759

  Zhou, Maigeng ^a   Offer, Alison ^b   Yang, Gonghuan ^a   Smith, Margaret ^b   Hui, Gei ^a   Whitlock, Gary ^b   Collins, Rory ^b   Huang, Zhengjing ^a   Peto, Richard ^b   Chen, Zhengming ^b,c  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c CLINICAL TRIAL SERVICE UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Body mass index; Cohort study; Mortality; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHINESE; COHORT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHINA; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHINA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; STROKE;

EID: 41249098994     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.495374     Document Type: Article

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