Sex-related differences in abdominal obesity impact on ischemic stroke risk

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 397-403

  Rodriguez Campello A ^a,b   Jimenez Conde J ^a,b   Ois, A ^a,b   Cuadrado Godia, E ^b,c   Giralt Steinhauer, E ^b   Vivanco, R M ^b   Soriano Tarraga C ^b   Subirana, I ^b,d   Munoz D ^b   Gomez Gonzalez A ^b   Puig Pijoan, A ^b   Roquer, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^d CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

Author keywords

abdominal obesity; body mass index; sex differences; stroke

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOEMBOLIC STROKE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE PATIENT; THROMBOSIS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST TO HEIGHT RATIO; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STROKE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85007453060     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ene.13216     Document Type: Article

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