Study Finds Higher Stroke Risk by Age 55 for Women with Excess Weight as Teens or Young Adults
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In an analysis of more than 50 years of health data, women who were overweight or obese at age 14 or 31 were more likely to have an ischemic (clot-caused) stroke before age 55, according to research published in Stroke, the peer-reviewed scientific journal of the American Stroke Association.
According to the American Heart Association, an ischemic stroke occurs when a vessel supplying blood to the brain is obstructed. Ischemic stroke is the most common type of stroke and accounts for about 87% of all strokes.
The study suggested that women with overweight at age 14 were associated with later clot-caused stroke risk despite having lost weight by age 31. Also, women with overweight at age 31 were associated with later clot-caused stroke risk despite having been normal weight at age 14. An increased risk of clot-caused stroke was not found in men who were overweight at ages 14 or 31. However, men with obesity at age 31 had a higher risk of bleeding stroke compared to women with obesity at age 31.
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