Relation between adiposity and vascular events, malignancy and mortality in patients with stable cerebrovascular disease

Background: Abdominal adiposity is associated with various risk factors including hypertension, and is therefore particularly relevant in patients with stable cerebrovascular disease (CeVD). A U-shaped relation between body mass index (BMI, kg m − 2 ) and cardiovascular events is often described. Wh...

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Published in:	International Journal of Obesity Vol. 41; no. 12; pp. 1775 - 1781
Main Authors:	Jaspers, N E M, Dorresteijn, J A N, van der Graaf, Y, Westerink, J, Kappelle, L J, Nathoe, H M, Algra, A, Visseren, F L J
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.12.2017 Nature Publishing Group
Subjects:	692/308/174 692/499 692/699/2743/393 692/699/75/593/1370 692/700/139/2818 692/700/2817 692/700/459 Abdomen Adipose tissue Adiposity - physiology Adult Aged Body Mass Index Body size Cardiovascular diseases Cause of Death - trends Cerebrovascular disease Cerebrovascular diseases Cerebrovascular Disorders - etiology Cerebrovascular Disorders - mortality Cerebrovascular Disorders - physiopathology Chi-square test Complications and side effects Confidence intervals Epidemiology Female Hazard assessment Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Health risk assessment Humans Hypertension Hypertension - etiology Hypertension - mortality Hypertension - physiopathology Internal Medicine Male Malignancy Medicine Medicine & Public Health Metabolic Diseases Middle Aged Mortality Neoplasms - mortality Neoplasms - physiopathology Nonlinear systems Nonlinearity Obesity Obesity, Abdominal - complications Obesity, Abdominal - mortality Obesity, Abdominal - physiopathology original-article Patient outcomes Patients Prognosis Proportional Hazards Models Prospective Studies Public Health Reference Values Risk analysis Risk Factors Statistical analysis Statistical models Statistical tests Ultrasound Waist Circumference Young Adult Netherlands
ISSN:	0307-0565, 1476-5497, 1476-5497
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