Obesity and Stroke: Does the Paradox Apply for Stroke?

Historically, obesity has been identified as one of the most important risk factors for developing cardiovascular diseases including stroke; however, a theory called “The Obesity Paradox” has been recently considered. The paradoxical theory is that obese or overweight patients (according to body mas...

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Main Authors: Gabriel A Quiñones-Ossa, Carolina Lobo, Ezequiel Garcia-Ballestas, William A Florez, Luis Rafael Moscote-Salazar, Amit Agrawal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korean Society of Interventional Neuroradiology 2021-03-01
Series:Neurointervention
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Online Access:http://neurointervention.org/upload/pdf/neuroint-2020-00108.pdf