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Does higher body mass index improve survival in hospitalized stroke patients?
Does higher body mass index improve survival in hospitalized stroke patients?
Poststroke mortality is inversely related to BMI, demonstrating an 'obesity paradox' where overweight and obese patients have lower mortality than normal-weight patients.
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Post-stroke mortality inversely associated with BMI; extends obesity paradox observations but leaves open causality and practice implications.
Olsen et al. (2008) studied this question.
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