Association of overweight and obesity withischemic stroke / 中华老年医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Ischemic stroke is one of the main causes of death and disability in adults, and obesity is one of the independent risk factors for ischemic stroke and prevention of obesity can reduce the probability of patients' first stroke.However, for patients who havealready hadan ischemic stroke, a higher body mass index(BMI)may be correlated with a lower mortality in patients with ischemic stroke, reduced recurrence of stroke, and improved functional prognosis, a phenomenon known as the obesity paradox.The obesity paradox suggests that obesity may be beneficial in ischemic stroke.Therefore, this paper reviews the relationship between primary and secondary prevention of obesity and ischemic stroke, with a focus on theobesity paradox.