title: [Meta-analysis on the stroke with overweight or obesity, smoking and alcohol drinking in Chinese residents].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the relationship between overweight/obesity, smoking, alcohol drinking and the stroke in Chinese residents, as to providing a scientific foundation to the causal prophylaxis of stroke.
  
  
  METHODS
  Applying a meta-analysis with software of RevMan 4.2.9 version to systematically analyze the references in dealing about the relationship between overweight/obesity, smoking, alcohol drinking and the stroke in China during 1999 to 2006.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Six, six and six articles dealing about overweight/obesity, smoking, alcohol drinking and the stroke were searched respectively. Incorporated by fix effect model, random effect model and random effect model after the heterogeneity tests, the values of OR were 1.81 (95% CI: 1.40-2.35), 1.22 (95% CI:1.08-1.37) and 1.19 (95% CI:1.03-1.38). After Z tests, the Z values were performed with 4.52, 3.24 and 2.36 respectively (all the P values were less than 0.05). Additionally, the funnel plots were protracted and the sensibility analysis was performed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The publication biases were little and the results were creditable. The overweight/obesity, smoking and alcohol drinking in residents in China should be the risk factors of the stroke.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China.
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Dong-qing
authors.initials: DQ
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: Kai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D050177:Overweight / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000453:epidemiology*; D020521:Stroke / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D049629:Waist-Hip Ratio