Obesity increases stroke risk in young adults: opportunity for prevention

Stroke. 2015 Jun;46(6):1435-6. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.115.009347. Epub 2015 May 5.

Authors

Walter N Kernan¹, Jennifer L Dearborn²

Affiliations

¹ From the Departments of Internal Medicine (W.N.K.) and Neurology (J.L.D.), Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT. Walter.Kernan@Yale.Edu.
² From the Departments of Internal Medicine (W.N.K.) and Neurology (J.L.D.), Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.

PMID: 25944321
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.115.009347

No abstract available

Keywords: Editorials; obesity; prevention & control; stroke.

Publication types

Editorial
Comment

MeSH terms

Body Mass Index*
Brain Ischemia / epidemiology*
Female
Humans
Male
Obesity / epidemiology*
Stroke / epidemiology*