Body mass index and poststroke mortality

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 93-100

  Olsen, Tom Skyhøj ^a   Dehlendorff, Christian ^b   Petersen, Hans Gregers ^b   Andersen, Klaus Kaae ^b  

^a HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Mortality after stroke; Obesity; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; STROKE; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 41849105342     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000118945     Document Type: Article

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