CORRELATION BETWEEN ACUTE CORONARY EVENTS AND BODY MASS INDEX VALUES

Autor: Maria Marilena Frunzulică, Doina Cârstea, Andreea Lorena Enache, Claudia Pătularu
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Romanian Journal of Medical Practice, Vol 14, Iss 3, Pp 308-313 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1842-8258
2069-6108
DOI: 10.37897/RJMP.2019.3.18
Popis: The study analyzed the correlation between body mass index (BMI) values and the occurrence of acute coronary events (ACE) on a sample of 865 subjects. In order to evaluate the ACE risk, the BMI was followed, and according to its values, the classification of subjects into groups of normoponderales, overweight and obese. The prevalence of ACE was increasing in relation to the increase in BMI, being maximum in obese subjects (10%), and 7.52% in the overweight ones.
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