Background: Depressive symptoms are common in stroke survivors. While obesity has been
associated with stroke and depression, its influence on the association between stroke and …

Poststroke depression (PSD) is a common complication of stroke. We sought to investigate
the influencing factors of PSD and explored the association between body mass index (BMI) …

Background and purpose Obesity is an established risk factor for ischemic stroke but the
association of increased body mass index (BMI) with survival after ischemic stroke remains …

Objective Obesity is a risk factor for ischaemic stroke but provides a survival advantage. The
relationship between body mass index (BMI) and long-term function is less clear. The …

Background and aims Studies of the association between obesity and total mortality and
recurrent stroke events have shown contradictory results. Therefore, we aimed to conduct a …

Background Although obesity is associated with excess mortality and morbidity, mortality is
lower in obese than in normal weight stroke patients (the obesity paradox). Studies now …

Objective Previous studies have shown that excess weight (including obesity and
overweight) can increase the risk of cardiovascular, cerebrovascular and other diseases, but …

Background Obesity paradox has been reported because of the inverse relationship
between the body mass index (BMI) and mortality in stroke patients. The relationship …

Background: Obesity is believed to increase the risks of ischemic stroke or coronary heart
disease; however, regarding outcome after established vascular diseases, recent …

Background The association between obesity, major adverse cardiovascular events
(MACE), and mortality in patients with incident stroke is not well established. We assessed …