Analysis of the obesity paradoxic according to the sex: relation between body mass index and mortality in the first year after an acute coronary syndrome
| Autor: | E. Pereira Lopez, N Bouzas Cruz, M. Castineiras Busto, E. Abu Assi, J R Gonzalez Juanatey, S. Gestal Romari, S Raposeiras Roubin, A. Lopez Lopez, J.M. Garcia Acuna |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Acute coronary syndrome Univariate analysis business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) nutritional and metabolic diseases Overweight medicine.disease Obesity Surgery Internal medicine Cohort medicine medicine.symptom Underweight Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Body mass index |
| Zdroj: | RUNA. Repositorio da Consellería de Sanidade e Sergas Servizo Galego de Saúde (SERGAS) |
| Popis: | Introduction: Obesity is considered a global epidemic, with alarming prevalence and incidence. The aim was to investigate the relationship between obesity (in terms of body mass index, BMI) and the prognosis of patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Methods: We studied a total of 3436 consecutive ACS patients. This cohort was divided into 4 groups according to BMI: normal weight (BMI 25 kg/m2 had higher mortality (8.0% vs 4.9%, P = 0.002), in both NSTEMI (8.5% vs. 5, 7, p = 0.024) and STEMI (6.8% vs 3.2%, p = 0.017). For the different BMI groups, patients with BMI between 30 and 35 kg/m2 were those with lower mortality, with statistically significant differences compared to patients with normal weight (3.2% vs. 8.0%, p |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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