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Lifestyle Risk Behaviors Among Stroke Survivors With and Without Diabetes
Ryan R Bailey1, Allison Phad, Ryan McGrath
1From the Brown School, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri (RRB, AP, RT, DH-J); Department of Health, Nutrition, and Exercise Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota (RM); and Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri (ALF).
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 adjusted odds ratios for lifestyle risk behaviors were higher in respondents with diabetes compared with those without diabetes for consuming one or less fruit and one or less vegetable daily (58.8% vs. 53.7%, adjusted odds ratio = 1.14), physical inactivity (65.7% vs. 54.6%, adjusted odds ratio = 1.41), and overweight/obesity (87.2% vs. 63.1%, adjusted odds ratio = 2.42).
Conclusions:
Prevalence of select lifestyle risk behaviors exceeds 50% in adults with stroke but is higher in adults with diabetes compared with adults without diabetes. Effective interventions, community programs, and healthcare policy are needed to promote lifestyle management in adults with stroke, particularly among those with diabetes.
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