Body mass index and risk of stroke among Chinese men and women

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 11-20

  Bazzano, Lydia A ^a,b   Gu, Dongfeng ^c,d   Whelton, Megan R ^a   Wu, Xiqui ^c,d   Chen, Chung Shiuan ^a   Duan, Xiufang ^c,d   Chen, Jing ^a,b   Chen, Ji Chun ^c,d   He, Jiang ^a,b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c FUWAI HOSPITAL   (China)

^d Chinese National Center for Cardiovascular Disease Control and Research   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STROKE; UNDERWEIGHT;

BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; THINNESS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77649318859     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: 15318249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.21950     Document Type: Article

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