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. 2019 May 1;10:456. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2019.00456

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.