Modification in Quetelet Index Five Months after Myocardial Infarction: Relevance of Biographic and Personality Characteristics
| Autor: | Jan Passchier, Hugo J. Duivenvoorden, Rudolph A.M. Erdman, Irma P.A.M. Huijbrechts |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Psychiatry |
| Rok vydání: | 1999 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Index (economics) Epidemiology media_common.quotation_subject Myocardial Infarction Anxiety Body Mass Index Predictive Value of Tests Risk Factors Internal medicine medicine Humans Personality Obesity Survivors Myocardial infarction Risk factor media_common Depression business.industry Body Weight Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Regression analysis Middle Aged medicine.disease Self Concept Tailored interventions Cardiology Regression Analysis Female business Demography Vital Exhaustion |
| Zdroj: | Preventive Medicine, 28, 86-91. Academic Press |
| ISSN: | 0091-7435 |
| DOI: | 10.1006/pmed.1998.0387 |
| Popis: | Background . Obesity can be considered as a risk factor for (re-)occurrence of coronary heart disease. Methods . The relationship between modification in quetelet index and personality characteristics was assessed in 166 survivors of a first myocardial infarction (MI). Quetelet index (weight/(height) 2 ) was calculated a few days after first MI and again 5 months later. A multiple regression analysis was executed, with the quetelet index after 5 months as dependent variable and adjustment for gender, age, and quetelet index at baseline. Results . It was found that strong feelings of vital exhaustion and lack of tension significantly contributed to the prediction of increased quetelet index 5 months after a first MI. Conclusions . It is recommended that individually tailored interventions be used based on these personality characteristics to accomplish body weight reduction in MI patients. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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