Obesity and long‐term outcomes after incident stroke: a prospective population‐based cohort study

Autor: Ralph K. Akyea, Wolfram Doehner, Barbara Iyen, Stephen F. Weng, Nadeem Qureshi, George Ntaios
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle, Vol 12, Iss 6, Pp 2111-2121 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2190-6009
2190-5991
DOI: 10.1002/jcsm.12818
Popis: Abstract Background The association between obesity, major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE), and mortality in patients with incident stroke is not well established. We assessed the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and MACE in patients with incident stroke. Methods The population‐based cohort study identified 30 702 individuals from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD GOLD) and Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) databases from the United Kingdom. Individuals were aged ≥18 years with incident stroke between 1‐1‐1998 and 31‐12‐2017, a BMI recorded within 24 months before incident stroke, and no prior history of MACE. BMI was categorized as underweight (
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