Body mass index and stroke: Overweight and obesity less often associated with stroke recurrence

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Andersen, Klaus Kaae ^a   Olsen, Tom Skyhøj ^b  

^a DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

^b FREDERIKSBERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

body mass index; mortality; Obesity; recurrent stroke; stroke

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CIVIL STATUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCANDINAVIAN STROKE SCALE; SEX; SOCIAL STATUS; BODY WEIGHT; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPLICATION; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REGISTER; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICAL MODEL; STROKE; TIME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENMARK; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; THINNESS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84889025247     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: 15328511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2013.06.031     Document Type: Article

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