Obesity and Risk of Stroke in NHANES I Follow Up Study

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2002-12-01

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Soman, Ashwini

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Soman, Ashwini, Obesity and risk of stroke in NHANES-I follow-up study, Masters of Public Health (Epidemiology), December 2002. 79pp., 20 tables, 3 illustrations, bibliography, 46 titles. Stroke is the third leading cause of death in the US. Role of obesity as an independent risk factor has been relatively well established for coronary heart diseases but not for stroke. Purpose of this study was to assess long-term risk of stroke due to obesity measured at baseline. The research was conducted using First National Nutritional Health and Examination Survey and its follow ups. Overall, increased risk of stroke was observed in obese individuals (BMI [greater than] 30 kg/m2). Similar association was observed in different subgroups of race, gender, those with or without diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

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Cardiovascular Diseases, Cardiovascular System, Clinical Epidemiology, Comparative Nutrition, Diseases, Epidemiology, Life Sciences, Medicine and Health Sciences, Neurology, Neuroscience and Neurobiology, Nutrition, Nutritional Epidemiology, Other Nutrition, Public Health, Obesity, stroke, risk, NHANES-1, follow-up study, obesity, independent risk factor, obese, race, gender, diabetes, cardiovascular disease

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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12503/29582

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