• 1. Evidence-Based Nursing Center, School of Nursing of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, P. R. China;
  • 2. Department of Nursing, Gansu Provincial Hospital, Lanzhou 730000, P. R. China;
  • 3. First School of Clinical Medicine, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, P. R. China;
MA Yuxia, Email: yuxiama@lzu.edu.cn
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Objective To systematically review the dose-response relationship between body mass index (BMI) and the risk of stroke. Methods PubMed, EMbase, Web of Science, The Cochrane Library, CBM, VIP, WanFang Data and CNKI databases were electronically searched to collect studies on BMI and the risk of stroke from inception to December 2021. Two reviewers independently screened literature, extracted data and assessed the risk of bias of included studies; then, meta-analysis was performed by using Stata 16.0 software, and the dose-response relationship between BMI and risk of stroke was analyzed by using restricted cubic spline function and generalized least squares estimation (GLST). Results A total of 19 studies involving 3 689 589 patients were included. The results of meta-analysis showed that compared with normal BMI, overweight (RR=1.28, 95%CI 1.19 to 1.39, P<0.01) and obesity (RR=1.41, 95%CI 1.15 to 1.72, P<0.01) had a higher risk of stroke. Dose-response meta-analysis suggested that there was no significant non-linear relationship between BMI and stroke risk (nonlinear test P=0.318), and linear trend showed that the risk of stroke increased by 4% for each unit increase in BMI (RR=1.04, 95%CI 1.03 to 1.05, P<0.01). Conclusion Current evidence suggests that increased BMI is associated with an increased risk of stroke. Due to limited quality and quantity of the included studies, more high-quality studies are needed to verify the above conclusion.

Citation: WANG Xinyu, SU Wenli, HUANG Yanan, CHEN Yanru, CHEN Xiaoli, CHONG Haiyan, YAN Fanghong, HAN Lin, MA Yuxia. BMI and risk of stroke: a dose-response meta-analysis. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2022, 22(11): 1330-1338. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.202205032 Copy

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