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Central adiposity and mortality after first-ever acute ischemic stroke

Psychiatry
Author
Chiquete E. et al.
Used Parameters : PBF
Publication Year : 2013
Country : Mexico
Journal : European Neurology
Background: The waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) may be a better adiposity measure than the body mass index (BMI). We evaluated the prognostic performance of WHtR in patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS). Methods: First, we compared WHtR and BMI as adiposity measures in 712 healthy adults by tetrapolar bioimpedance analysis. Thereafter, baseline WHtR was analyzed as predictor of 12-month all-cause mortality in 821 Mexican mestizo adults with first-ever AIS by a Cox proportional hazards model adjusted for baseline …
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