Study associates belly circumference and stroke risk

A survey carried out by university of oxford, in the United Kingdom, and published in the journal JAMA Network on December 14, 2022, associated the size of the abdomen circumference with a greater risk of stroke (stroke) ischemic and even cerebral hemorrhage.

The recommendation made by the scientists is that both doctors and the general population pay more attention to abdominal fat, as this can be considered a stroke prevention strategy. The study used data from 490,071 adults residing in the United Kingdom, collected over 12 years.

The intention of the study was to try to find some relationship between general adiposity - Body Mass Index (BMI) -, central adiposity (located in the belly) and waist circumference with intracerebral and subarachnoid hemorrhage and ischemic stroke – which occurs when there is an obstruction of an artery brain.

Thus, larger abdominal circumferences were associated with an also greater risk of ischemic stroke and intracerebral hemorrhage. However, no relationship has been proven between this larger circumference and the risk of subarachnoid hemorrhage.

According to experts, in order to be considered adequate and safe, an adult's waist must be equal to or less than half their height, and performing body mass index measurement can also be useful, but the problem is that this does not take into account the specific circumference of the waist.

Still, the relationship between central and general adiposity and the most common types of stroke was not very clear, so this study carried out last year brought new ideas to the subject.

Thus, it remained exposed that the body mass index has no connection with ischemic stroke, being inversely connected with subarachnoid and cerebral hemorrhages, which are nothing more than ruptured arteries in the brain.

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