Table 4.
Association of BMI with total, ischemic, and hemorrhagic stroke by age using Cox regression analysis.
| Subtypes | <65 years | ≥65 years | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Underweight | Normal | Overweight | Obesity | Underweight | Normal | Overweight | Obesity | |
| Total stroke | ||||||||
| Case (n = 638) | 15 | 279 | 151 | 38 | 9 | 111 | 32 | 3 |
| Adjusted HR (95%CI) | 1.43 (0.85, 2.40) | 1.0 | 1.68 (1.37, 2.07)* | 2.33 (1.63, 3.33)* | 0.67 (0.34, 1.33) | 1.0 | 1.00 (0.67, 1.49) | 0.66 (0.20, 2.18) |
| P-value | 0.184 | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.249 | 0.989 | 0.495 | ||
| Ischemic stroke | ||||||||
| Case (n = 404) | 10 | 210 | 96 | 30 | 5 | 36 | 17 | 0 |
| Adjusted HR (95%CI) | 1.23 (0.65, 2.34) | 1.0 | 1.39 (1.08, 1.78)* | 2.34 (1.56, 3.50)* | 1.06 (0.41, 2.71) | 1.0 | 1.61 (0.89, 2.90) | 0.00 (0.00, 2.94) |
| P-value | 0.518 | 0.010 | <0.001 | 0.910 | 0.113 | 0.844 | ||
| Hemorrhagic stroke | ||||||||
| Case (n = 121) | 5 | 47 | 40 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 0 |
| Adjusted HR (95%CI) | 2.97 (1.17, 7.54)* | 1.0 | 3.02 (1.95, 4.69)* | 2.34 (0.90, 6.06) | 0.51 (0.67, 3.8) | 1.0 | 1.01 (0.37, 2.76) | 0.00 (0.00, 2.40) |
| P-value | 0.022 | <0.001 | 0.081 | 0.512 | 0.990 | 0.907 | ||
P < 0.05.