Association between body mass index and outcome in Japanese ischemic stroke patients

Association between body mass index and outcome in Japanese ischemic stroke patients

Aim An association between body mass index (BMI) and stroke outcome have been reported, but the results are controversial. The aim of the present study was to evaluate whether BMI is associated with ischemic stroke outcome. Methods Consecutive Japanese acute ischemic stroke patients were analyzed. B...

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Veröffentlicht in:Geriatrics & gerontology international 2017-03, Vol.17 (3), p.369-374
Hauptverfasser: Kawase, Shinya, Kowa, Hisanori, Suto, Yutaka, Fukuda, Hiroki, Kusumi, Masayoshi, Nakayasu, Hiroyuki, Nakashima, Kenji
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Sprache:eng
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Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Body Mass Index
Body Weight
Cohort Studies
Female
Humans
Japan
Male
nutrition
obese
Overweight - diagnosis
Overweight - epidemiology
Predictive Value of Tests
Prognosis
Registries
rehabilitation
Retrospective Studies
Risk Assessment
Short term
Stroke
Stroke - mortality
Stroke - physiopathology
Survival Analysis
Thinness - diagnosis
Thinness - epidemiology
underweight
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Zusammenfassung:Aim An association between body mass index (BMI) and stroke outcome have been reported, but the results are controversial. The aim of the present study was to evaluate whether BMI is associated with ischemic stroke outcome. Methods Consecutive Japanese acute ischemic stroke patients were analyzed. BMI was categorized as underweight (BMI
ISSN:1444-1586
1447-0594
DOI:10.1111/ggi.12713