Race-and sex-specific associations of obesity measures with ischemic stroke incidence in the atherosclerosis risk in communities (ARIC) study

Stroke

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 417-425

  Yatsuya, Hiroshi ^a,b   Folsom, Aaron R ^a   Yamagishi, Kazumasa ^c   North, Kari E ^d   Brancati, Frederick L ^e   Stevens, June ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^d The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral infarct; Cerebral infarction; Cohort; Cohort study; Epidemiology; Ethnicity; Obesity; Prevention; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY MASS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 77649093347     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.109.566299     Document Type: Article

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