Obesity Increases Risk of Ischemic Stroke in Young Adults

Stroke

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1690-1692

  Mitchell, Andrew B ^a   Cole, John W ^a,b   McArdle, Patrick F ^a   Cheng, Yu Ching ^a,b   Ryan, Kathleen A ^a   Sparks, Mary J ^a   Mitchell, Braxton D ^a   Kittner, Steven J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BALTIMORE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

obesity; stroke; young adult

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; OBESITY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YOUNG ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; FOLLOW UP; MULTICENTER STUDY; ONSET AGE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STROKE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; BODY MASS INDEX; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 84942940902     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.115.008940     Document Type: Article

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