Body mass index and risk of total and type-specific stroke in Chinese adults: Results from a longitudinal study in China

International Journal of Stroke

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 245-250

  Wang, Chunxiu ^a   Liu, Yunhai ^b   Yang, Qidong ^b   Dai, Xiuying ^c   Wu, Shengping ^d   Wang, Wenzhi ^d   Ji, Xunming ^a   Li, Lin ^a   Fang, Xianghua ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NINGXIA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Body mass index (BMI); Cohort study; Ischemic stroke; Obesity; Stroke; Stroke subtypes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHINESE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; UNDERWEIGHT;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 84878184276     PISSN: 17474930     EISSN: 17474949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4949.2012.00830.x     Document Type: Article

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