Why the study?
Does relative body weight associate with the severity of cerebral atherosclerosis and cerebral vascular disease in adult autopsy subjects?
Population
3,315 adult subjects assessed at autopsy
Comparison
Lower quartile of ponderal index distribution vs Upper quartile of ponderal index distribution
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Association between overweight and cerebral atherosclerosis appears confounded by comorbidities; leaves open independent effects in adjusted analyses.
Does relative body weight associate with the severity of cerebral atherosclerosis and cerebral vascular disease in adult autopsy subjects?
The apparent association between overweight status and cerebral atherosclerosis is confounded by other disease conditions, as excluding these conditions removes the relationship.
KLASSIN et al. (1974) studied this question.
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