Body Mass Index and Stroke Risk Among Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus | Zendy

Weiqin Li | Zendy; Peter T. Katzmarzyk | Zendy; Ronald Horswell | Zendy; Yonggang Zhang | Zendy; Wenhui Zhao | Zendy; Yujie Wang | Zendy; Jolene Johnson | Zendy; Gang Hu | Zendy

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Body Mass Index and Stroke Risk Among Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Author(s) -

Weiqin Li,

Peter T. Katzmarzyk,

Ronald Horswell,

Yonggang Zhang,

Wenhui Zhao,

Yujie Wang,

Jolene Johnson,

Gang Hu

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

stroke

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397

H-Index - 319

eISSN - 1524-4628

pISSN - 0039-2499

DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.114.006718

Subject(s) - medicine , body mass index , stroke (engine) , hazard ratio , diabetes mellitus , proportional hazards model , prospective cohort study , cohort study , cohort , type 2 diabetes mellitus , confidence interval , endocrinology , mechanical engineering , engineering

Previous studies have evaluated the association of body mass index (BMI) with the risk of all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality among diabetic patients, and results were controversial. No studies have focused on the association between BMI and stroke risk among diabetic patients. We aimed to examine the association of BMI with stroke risk among diabetic patients.

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