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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 22.
Published in final edited form as: Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2013 Dec 10;7(1):64–69. doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.113.000129

Figure 4. Hazard Ratio for Mortality for a 1-kg/m2 increase in BMI across the range of baseline BMI among Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke (n=1,775): The Brain Attack Surveillance in Corpus Christi (BASIC) Project, June 1, 2005- December 31, 2010.

Figure 4

Adjusted for age, race/ethnicity, gender, stroke severity, hypertension, atrial fibrillation, coronary artery disease, diabetes, high cholesterol, heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, dementia, end stage renal disease, cancer, history of stroke or transient ischemic attack (prior to the BASIC study), recurrent stroke during the study period, excessive alcohol use and smoking.