Body Mass Index and Mortality From Cardiovascular Disease Among Japanese Men and Women

2005135 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Renzhe Cui · Kyoto University

Hiroyasu Iso · Mukogawa Women's University

Hideaki Toyoshima · Nagoya University

Chigusa Date · Juntendo University

Akio Yamamoto · Mukogawa Women's University

Shogo Kikuchi · Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

Takaaki Kondo ·

Abstract

For Japanese men and women, high BMI was associated with increased risk of coronary heart disease, whereas low BMI was associated with intraparenchymal hemorrhage.

Topics & Keywords

Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Stroke

Volume 36, Issue 7, pp. 1377-1382

DOI: 10.1161/01.str.0000169925.57251.4e

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