A dose-response meta-analysis of the impact of body mass index on stroke and all-cause mortality in stroke patients: A paradox within a paradox

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 416-423

  Bagheri, M ^a   Speakman, J R ^b,c   Shabbidar, S ^a   Kazemi, F ^a   Djafarian, K ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Dose response meta analysis; Obesity; Paradox; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HUMAN; MEDLINE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; SCOPUS; SECONDARY PREVENTION; STROKE PATIENT; SURVIVOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; CAUSE OF DEATH; META ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

BODY MASS INDEX; CAUSE OF DEATH; HUMANS; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE;

EID: 84927975291     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/obr.12272     Document Type: Article

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