Prevalence of obesity among stroke patients in five Brazilian cities: a cross-sectional study

ABSTRACT Objective There is gap in knowledge about obesity prevalence in stroke patients from low- and middle-income countries. Therefore, we aimed to measure the prevalence of overweight and obesity status among patients with incident stroke in Brazil. Methods In a cross-sectional study, we mea...

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Main Authors: Vanessa Speckhahn Vicente, Norberto Luiz Cabral, Vivian Nagel, Vanessa V Guesser, Juliana Safanelli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO)
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2018000600367&lng=en&tlng=en