2017
DOI: 10.1161/jaha.116.004721
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Overweight, Obesity, and Survival After Stroke in the Framingham Heart Study

Abstract: BackgroundWe investigated how body weight affects survival after stroke, leveraging the availability of multiple prestroke body mass index (BMI) measurements and using a nested case‐control design in a community‐based sample.Methods and ResultsWe compared all‐cause mortality in participants stratified by prestroke weight. Separate analyses were performed for ischemic stroke and all stroke and for age‐, sex‐, and BMI category‐matched stroke‐free controls. Participants were grouped into BMI categories and follow… Show more

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“…One other explanation might be that the follow-up time in our study was not long enough to see the impact of hypertension and dyslipidemia on mortality. The association between obesity and all-cause mortality is still controversial [45, 46]. This may due to the diagnostic criterion for obesity is different across studies, and most of our obesity participants had a BMI of 28.0 to < 35 kg/m 2 , which was considered as mild obesity.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…One other explanation might be that the follow-up time in our study was not long enough to see the impact of hypertension and dyslipidemia on mortality. The association between obesity and all-cause mortality is still controversial [45, 46]. This may due to the diagnostic criterion for obesity is different across studies, and most of our obesity participants had a BMI of 28.0 to < 35 kg/m 2 , which was considered as mild obesity.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This proportion is similar to our finding of 26% (95%CI, 24-29) in this study from five Brazilian cities. Table 5 shows the prevalence of patients with stroke being overweight or obese, from different countries and periods 21,22,23,24,25,26,27 . Our findings were similar to a Finland cohort 22 but higher than those from Germany and China 23,24,25,26,27 .…”
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“…Although the finding is likely the result of bias 26 , it has caused physicians to question the benefit of weight management after stroke. 27,28 Our study has a few limitations. First, participants in clinical trials tend to have higher adherence to risk factor management as compared with participants in a primary care setting.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 93%