Obesity and diabetes are jointly associated with functional disability in stroke survivors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Stroke is the most common cause of complex disability. Obesity and diabetes increase risk for functional disability in the general population, but their contribution to functional disability in stroke survivors is unknown.

Objective

To investigate the joint association of obesity and diabetes with functional disability in stroke survivors.

Methods

Cross-sectional data from 34,376 stroke survivors from the 2015 and 2017 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) surveys were examined. Weighted and age-adjusted prevalence estimates and adjusted odds ratios (AOR, adjusted for sociodemographic characteristics) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated to compare prevalence and odds for self-reported functional disability, stratified by obesity

SUBMITTER: Bailey RR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7387192 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature