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The risk of hemorrhagic stroke was higher for lean women than heavier women
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Being heavier or gaining weight does not increase the risk of hemorrhagic stroke according to data from the Nurses’ Health Study.
In fact, the opposite was true. The risk of hemorrhagic stroke was greater in lean women compared to heavier women, although the difference was not statistically significant.
(There was a 20% chance that this was due to random chance, and an 80% chance this was due to difference in weight. To be statistically significant, there has to be less than a 5% chance that the difference is due to random chance.)
Subjects: 116,759 women aged 30 to 55 years
The Nurses’s Health study involved 116,759 women aged 30 to 55 years in 1976 who were free from diagnosed coronary heart disease, stroke, and cancer.
The followup for this study was 16 years.
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REFERENCE
Rexrode K, Hennekens C, Willett W, Colditz G, Stampfer M, Rich-Edwards JW, Speizer F, Manson J. A prospective study of body mass index, weight change, and risk of stroke in women. JAMA. 1997 May 21, 277(19):1539-45.
AUTHOR’S CONTACT INFORMATION
K. Rexrode
Division of Preventive Medicine
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, MA 02115, USA
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