Stroke, obesity and gender. Is there actually any relation regardless of age?

Maturitas

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 92-93

  Savopoulos, C G ^a,d   Apostolopoulou, M ^b   Miras, A ^c   Hatzitolios, A I ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Age; Gender; Obesity; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; LEPTIN;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CACHEXIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; GENDER; HUMAN; LETTER; OBESITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; STROKE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; WEIGHT GAIN; FEMALE; MALE; NOTE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; SEX FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 80755176139     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: 18734111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2011.06.010     Document Type: Letter

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