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February 11, 2009StrokeOpen Access

General and Abdominal Adiposity and Risk of Stroke in Chinese Women

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Why the study?

Does increased general or abdominal adiposity increase the risk of incident stroke in predominantly nonobese Chinese women?

Population

67,083 Chinese women aged 40 to 70 years with no prior history of stroke, coronary heart disease, rheumatic…

Comparison

Higher levels of general and abdominal adiposity vs Lowest quintiles of adiposity measurements

Design

Cohort

Follow-up

mean 7.3 years

Authors

XZXianglan ZhangXSXiao‐Ou ShuYGYu‐Tang Gao

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Overview

Higher adiposity measures were associated with elevated stroke risk; leaves open whether targeted weight control reduces events in nonobese Asian women.

Structured PICO

Does increased general or abdominal adiposity increase the risk of incident stroke in predominantly nonobese Chinese women?

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Population
67,083 Chinese women aged 40 to 70 years with no prior history of stroke, coronary heart disease, rheumatic heart disease, cardiac surgery, or cancer at recruitment.
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Intervention
Higher levels of general and abdominal adiposity (measured by body mass index, waist-hip ratio, waist circumference, and waist-height ratio)
C
Comparator
Lowest quintiles of adiposity measurements
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Outcome
Incident stroke (total, ischemic, and hemorrhagic)hard clinical

Increasing levels of general and abdominal adiposity are significantly associated with an increased risk of total, ischemic, and hemorrhagic stroke in predominantly nonobese Chinese women.

Cite This Study

Zhang et al. (2009) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7bfc8b0449e558d7c2bfdfhttps://doi.org/10.1161/strokeaha.108.539692
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