Impact of body mass index on outcome in stroke patients treated with intravenous thrombolysis.

Gensicke, H; Wicht, A; Bill, O; Zini, A; Costa, P; Kägi, G; Stark, R; Seiffge, D J; Traenka, C; Peters, N; Bonati, L H; Giovannini, G; De Marchis, G M; Poli, L; Polymeris, A; Vanacker, P; Sarikaya, Hakan; Lyrer, P A; Pezzini, A; Vandelli, L; ... (2016). Impact of body mass index on outcome in stroke patients treated with intravenous thrombolysis. European journal of neurology, 23(12), pp. 1705-1712. Wiley-Blackwell 10.1111/ene.13071

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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

The impact of body mass index (BMI) on outcome in stroke patients treated with intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) was investigated.

METHODS

In a multicentre IVT-register-based observational study, BMI with (i) poor 3-month outcome (i.e. modified Rankin Scale scores 3-6), (ii) death and (iii) symptomatic intracranial haemorrhage (sICH) based on criteria of the ECASS II trial was compared. BMI was used as a continuous and categorical variable distinguishing normal weight (reference group 18.5-24.9 kg/m(2) ) from underweight (<18.5 kg/m(2) ), overweight (25-29.9 kg/m(2) ) and obese (≥30 kg/m(2) ) patients. Univariable and multivariable regression analyses with adjustments for age and stroke severity were done and odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals [OR (95% CI)] were calculated.

RESULTS

Of 1798 patients, 730 (40.6%) were normal weight, 55 (3.1%) were underweight, 717 (39.9%) overweight and 295 (16.4%) obese. Poor outcome occurred in 38.1% of normal weight patients and did not differ significantly from underweight (45.5%), overweight (36.1%) and obese (32.5%) patients. The same was true for death (9.5% vs. 14.5%, 9.6% and 7.5%) and sICH (3.9% vs. 5.5%, 4.3%, 2.7%). Neither in univariable nor in multivariable analyses did the risks of poor outcome, death or sICH differ significantly between BMI groups. BMI as a continuous variable was not associated with poor outcome, death or sICH in unadjusted [OR (95% CI) 0.99 (0.97-1.01), 0.98 (0.95-1.02), 0.98 (0.94-1.04)] or adjusted analyses [OR (95% CI) 1.01 (0.98-1.03), 0.99 (0.95-1.05), 1.01 (0.97-1.05)], respectively.

CONCLUSION

In this largest study to date, investigating the impact of BMI in IVT-treated stroke patients, BMI had no prognostic meaning with regard to 3-month functional outcome, death or occurrence of sICH.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Head Organs and Neurology (DKNS) > Clinic of Neurology

UniBE Contributor:

Sarikaya, Hakan

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

1351-5101

Publisher:

Wiley-Blackwell

Language:

English

Submitter:

Stefanie Hetzenecker

Date Deposited:

04 Oct 2016 09:19

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 14:58

Publisher DOI:

10.1111/ene.13071

PubMed ID:

27479917

Uncontrolled Keywords:

body mass index; intravenous thrombolysis; outcome; stroke; symptomatic intracranial haemorrhage

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.87806

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/87806

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