Lifestyle Risk Behaviors Among Stroke Survivors With and Without Diabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

History of stroke and diabetes increases risk for cardiometabolic disease, which can be mitigated through lifestyle management. To evaluate lifestyle risk behaviors among stroke survivors, we compared the prevalence of three lifestyle risk behaviors-physical inactivity, consuming one or less fruit and one or less vegetable daily, and overweight/obesity-between stroke survivors with and without diabetes.

Design

Data from the 2013 and 2015 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System were examined. Weighted and age-adjusted prevalence estimates as well as crude and adjusted odds ratios (adjusted for sociodemographic characteristics) were calculated to compare lifestyle risk behaviors between US stroke survivors with and without diabetes.

Results

Prevalence and a

SUBMITTER: Bailey RR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6697048 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature