Associations of obesity measures with subtypes of ischemic stroke in the ARIC study

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 347-354

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^d IL   (United States)

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

^f University of North Carolina   (United States)

Author keywords

Incidence; Lacunar infarction; Obesity; Risk factors; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAUCASIAN; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; STROKE; UNITED STATES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; BLACK PERSON; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; UNITED STATES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 78049290525     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: 13499092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.JE20090186     Document Type: Article

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