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October 8, 2012International Journal of Stroke

Body Mass Index and Risk of Total and Type-Specific Stroke in Chinese Adults: Results from a Longitudinal Study in China

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Why the study?

Does higher body mass index increase the risk of total and type-specific stroke in Chinese adults?

Population

26,607 Chinese adults aged over 35 years

Comparison

Body mass index categories vs Normal weight

Design

Cohort

Follow-up

11 years

Authors

CWChunxiu WangYLYunhai LiuQYQidong Yang

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Overview

Supports targeted prevention in Chinese adults; extends prior BMI-stroke data but leaves causality open due to observational design.

Structured PICO

Does higher body mass index increase the risk of total and type-specific stroke in Chinese adults?

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Population
26,607 Chinese adults aged over 35 years
I
Intervention
Body mass index (BMI) categories (underweight, overweight, obesity)
C
Comparator
Normal weight
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Outcome
Total and type-specific stroke (ischemic, hemorrhagic) over 11 yearshard clinical

Overweight and obesity are independent risk factors for total and ischemic stroke, but not hemorrhagic stroke, in Chinese adults.

Cite This Study

Wang et al. (2012) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7cb3fc4ec837fd6928a871https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1747-4949.2012.00830.x
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