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Abdominal obesity predicts risk of stroke in men, with an age-adjusted relative risk of 2.33 for the highest quintile of waist/hip ratio.
Practitioners should focus on abdominal obesity as a key risk factor for stroke in men.
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In contrast, the age-adjusted relative risk for extreme quintiles of waist/hip ratio was 2.33 (95% confidence interval 1.25-4.37).
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Based on a large cohort study with a significant number of participants.
Source
Body Size and Fat Distribution as Predictors of Stroke among US Men
Susan Walker et al. · American Journal of Epidemiology · 1996
DOI 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a008892
cohort · n=28643Cited 299×
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