Obesity Effect on Stroke and Cardiovascular Events

Ege University9,285 enrolled

Overview

The relation between obesity and stroke recurrence is still under debate. In this study it has been sought whether baseline obesity is associated with recurrent stroke and major cardiovascular events in a long-time period.

Five-years follow-up data of Ege Stroke Registry for stroke recurrence and cardiovascular events regarding to obesity were analyzed. Data include age, gender, stroke severity, neuroimaging studies, cardiovascular risk factors. Within the inclusion period, all of the included patients were followed until censoring (10th of December 2011) or readmission because of recurrent stroke, cardiovascular event or death, whichever came first. The Kaplan-Meier method was used for survival analysis. Cox proportional hazard model was applied to identify predictors of recurrent vascular events.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

9,285

Conditions

Stroke, Acute

Interventions

Obesity assessmentDIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Body mass index (BMI (kg/m2) was calculated from measurements of weight to the nearest kg and height

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 90 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * All consecutive stroke patients. Exclusion Criteria: * Incomplete baseline information, other factors making them unsuitable for follow-up,undetermined stroke, subarachnoid hemorrhage.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Stroke recurrence

Ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke

Time frame: 5 years

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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