Investigation and Analysis

researchers believe that the occurrence of stroke in middle-aged women to a larger proportion of the increase may be mainly related to obesity, especially abdominal obesity. From 1999 to 2004 period, the apparent partial fat middle-aged women, especially waist circumference than the 1988 to 1994 among middle-aged women in the survey increased by an average of about four centimeters.

and body weight and waist circumference in middle-aged men in the two decades there has been an increase, but it occurred to them the risk of stroke does not seem to have a significant impact. The researchers said that the abdominal obesity and metabolic syndrome, there are some associated metabolic syndrome and the impact for women than for men.