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Body fat mass and risk of cerebrovascular lesions: the PRESENT (Prevention of Stroke and Dementia) project

Psychiatry
Author
Koh et al.
Used Parameters : BFM

Publication Year : 2019

Country : Korea

Journal : Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health

Obesity is known to increase the risk of stroke. It is unclear whether high absolute fat mass (FM) increases the risk of stroke independently. We studied the correlation between FM and silent brain infarction/white matter change (SI/WMC) using brain computed tomography. We selected subjects from the local government health promotion project. We randomly selected a target population that had never been diagnosed with stroke or dementia. FM was measured by bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA). We divided the subjects into three …
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