Obesity paradox versus frailty syndrome in first-ever ischemic stroke survivors

International Journal of Stroke

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2015, Pages E75-

  Kazemi Bajestani, Seyyed Mohammad Reza ^a,b   Ghayour Mobarhan, Majid ^a   Thrift, Amanda G ^c   Ferns, Gordon A ^d   Frazadfard, Mohammad Taghi ^a   Mokhber, Naghme ^e   Behrouz, Reza ^e,f   Azarpazhooh, Mahmoud Reza ^a  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^e MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^f LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; BODY MASS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EUROPE; FRAILTY SYNDROME; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IRANIAN (CITIZEN); LETTER; MORTALITY; NORTH AMERICA; NUTRITION; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVOR; AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; STROKE;

EID: 84942240275     PISSN: 17474930     EISSN: 17474949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijs.12567     Document Type: Letter

References (2)

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